| Site Name | Kings Canyon |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | Lilla, Watarrka National Park |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Luritja |
| Present State/Territory | NT |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | SA |
| Police District | Alice Springs |
| Latitude | -24.231 |
| Longitude | 131.576 |
| Date | Between 1 Aug 1894 and 20 Aug 1894 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | men, women and children |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | The Watarrka National Park Joint Management Plan (2010, p 14) includes this extract: 'One Traditional Owner recalls "My father told us that at one time when he was young, his father and grandfather took him into the hills behind Lilla to hide from a white man who was shooting Luritja people around Kings Canyon. The Watarrka mob were sitting down there and policemen came and shot them. Just like that. My father told me that".' |
| Sources | Watarrka National Park Joint Management Plan, 2010 https://hdl.handle.net/10070/619652 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
