Site Name | Laverton (1) |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Wongai |
Present State/Territory | WA |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
Police District | Laverton |
Latitude | -28.37 |
Longitude | 122.24 |
Date | Between 7 Nov 1908 and 8 Nov 1908 |
Attack Time | |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 8 |
Victims Killed Notes | men, women and children |
Attackers | Aboriginal People |
Attacker Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Foot |
Motive | Reprisal |
Weapons Used | Spear(s), Club(s) |
Narrative | Described in newspaper articles as 'tribal fights' between rival groups and was part of many years of intergroup 'Bush warfare' in the Laverton area. See Laverton Massacre 1910 (Mt Leonora Miner, 14 November 1908, p 2). |
Sources | 'Murderous Niggers,' Mt Leonora Miner, November 14, 1908, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233209588/25216102 (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |