He had become such a pest to the colony that in 1801 Governor King offered a reward 20 gallons of spirits or a free pardon for Pemulwuy capture, it didn't matter to him if Pemulwuy dead or alive.
So in 1802 Pemulwuy was shot DEAD in an ambush. The war between the two worlds was over.
Pemulwuy head was cut off and sent to Sir Joseph Banks in London for research. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, King wrote to Joseph Banks in London on June 5 of that year, describing Pemulwuy as a "terrible pest to the colony" but also as a "brave and independent character".
Some believe Pemulwuy's skull was bottled and returned to Australia in 1950, and then lost.
In 1998, a Taree man came forward, claiming to have it, but local elders did not believe him, and the claim was never proven.
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