Site NameLaverton (1)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleWongai
Present State/TerritoryWA
Colony/State/Territory at the timeWA
Police DistrictLaverton
Latitude-28.37
Longitude122.24
DateBetween 7 Nov 1908 and 8 Nov 1908
Attack Time
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed8
Victims Killed Notesmen, women and children
AttackersAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Attacker DescriptionsAboriginal
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportFoot
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedSpear(s), Club(s)
NarrativeDescribed 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)
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