Site NameTyndale, Clarence River
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupBundjalung
Present State/TerritoryNSW
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictPort Macquarie
Latitude-29.567
Longitude153.145
DateBetween 1 Jan 1841 and 31 Dec 1841
Attack Time
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed20
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedBayonet(s)
NarrativeAccording 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.'
SourcesMc Swan and Switzer 2006, p.17 (Sources PDF)
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