Site Name | Mount Clere and Mount Labouchere |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Yamatji |
Present State/Territory | WA |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
Police District | Gascoyne |
Latitude | -25.097 |
Longitude | 117.59 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1886 and 31 Dec 1886 |
Attack Time | |
Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 11 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Unknown |
Weapons Used | Winchester(s) |
Narrative | The official government report (The Governor - Statements of Rev J B Gribble (xi) Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere) to the Western Australian Governor and the Aborigines Protection Board record that Reverend JB Gribble stated '11 Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere' in the Gascoyne District (SROWA). In his 1886 text, Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land Gribble wrote 'Early this year it was reported that five natives had been shot dead by white men near Mount Clare, and about the same time two more were shot by a party somewhere in the direction of Mount Labouchere' (Gribble, JB, 1886, p 51). |
Sources | 'The Governor - Statements of Rev JB Gribble (xi) Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere (3673/86)', SROWA, S2032, Cons 388, Item 9; Gribble, JB 1987 [1886] https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=8231&context=ecuworks (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | *** |