Site Name | Tyndale, Clarence River |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Bundjalung |
Present State/Territory | NSW |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Port Macquarie |
Latitude | -29.567 |
Longitude | 153.145 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1841 and 31 Dec 1841 |
Attack Time | |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 20 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Bayonet(s) |
Narrative | According to Mc Swan and Switzer 2006, p.17, Bundjalung people 'were purportedly wiped out in a massacre on the south side of the Clarence River near Tyndale.' |
Sources | Mc Swan and Switzer 2006, p.17 (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |