Site NameMt Larcom Station
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupGayiri
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictPort Curtis
Latitude-23.829
Longitude150.989
Date26 Dec 1855
Attack TimeDay
VictimsColonisers
Victim DescriptionsStockkeeper(s)
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersAboriginal People
Attacker DescriptionsAboriginal
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportFoot
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons Used
NarrativeAttack on employees at Mt Larcomb station. Carried out by Dawson River Aboriginal people.
SourcesCCL Wiseman to CCCL 5 Jan 1856, SRNSW; McDonald, 1981, pp 184-185. (Sources PDF)
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