| Site Name | Goldfields |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Wongai |
| Present State/Territory | WA |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
| Police District | Goldfields |
| Latitude | -28.62 |
| Longitude | 122.4 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Jan 1890 |
| Attack Time | |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 30 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Miner(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Carbine(s) |
| Narrative | A newspaper (The Southern Cross Times of December 24, 1904 p25) reported on the exploits of a 'plucky pioneer' Harold Cocking who was a gold prospector in the Goldfields district in the 1890s. The article reports that following the death of a prospector named Cahill, 30 Aboriginal people were shot in reprisal.
'It took them four days to get there and they had to be extremely cautious and careful as the blacks were very wild and dangerous.
Some of them had murdered a prospector named Cahill and his mate and it was said that a party of whites avenged this by shooting about 30 of the aboriginals' (The Southern Cross Times, December 24, 1904 p25). |
| Sources | The Southern Cross Times, December 24, 1904 p 25 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209357650/22601199 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
