Major Logue
Major Logue was a prominent pastoralist and politician in Western Australia, known for his extensive diaries that detail his life and activities from the 1850s to 1900. Despite his status as a respected settler and a member of the Legislative Council, Logue's writings reveal his involvement in the murder of Aboriginal people, obscured by a unique coded language. His diaries, a crucial historical document, have recently become a focal point in discussions about the atrocities committed during Australia's colonial era.
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Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia, whose diaries reveal a dark chapter of Australia’s past.
The Descendants episode 1: decoding a massacre – Full Story podcast | Frontier wars
United Kingdom· 2025-08-04
Guardian Australia has uncovered the diary of a Western Australian colonist called Major Logue who used a Masonic code to write about the killings of at least 19 Aboriginal people.
These brothers grew up revering their great-uncle Bill. Then the full story came out | Frontier warsUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-03
Major Logue was an early settler of Western Australia and served in the state’s Legislative Council.
The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities | Frontier warsUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-03
