| Site Name | Gum Creek Lagoon, Murrumbidgee River |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Wiradjuri |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Goulburn |
| Latitude | -34.491 |
| Longitude | 145.965 |
| Date | Between 1 Aug 1839 and 31 Aug 1839 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 9 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Overlander(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Musket(s), Cutlass/Cutlasses |
| Narrative | According to the reminiscences of Overlander James R. Byrne, in August, 1839, his party shot three Wiradjuri warriors after one stockman was badly wounded on the northern side of the Murrumbidgee River. Byrne and his party decided 'to intercept the aborigines and cut them off from the river.' After the first attempt failed, a second attempt was more successful. Five stockmen drove the Wiradjuri towards the river and another six stockmen lying in ambush, 'fired as the natives appeared and then rode down upon them with cutlasses' (Byrne 1848, 2, p 231). After they killed nine Wiradjuri warriors, 'they allowed the rest to escape across the river' (Byrne 1848, vol 2, p 255). |
| Sources | Byrne 1848, vol 2, pp 230-2. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
