Site NameTyndale, Clarence River
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupBundjalung
Present State/TerritoryNSW
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictPort Macquarie
Latitude-29.567
Longitude153.145
DateBetween 1 Jan 1841 and 31 Dec 1841
Attack Time
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed20
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedBayonet(s)
NarrativeAccording to McSwain and Switzer 2006, p.17, Bundjalung people 'Older Yaegl members keep a story of massacre of a clan group on the South Arm near Tyndale.'
SourcesMcSwain and Switzer 2006, p.17 (Sources PDF)
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