| Site Name | Murdering Island, Narrandera |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Wiradjuri |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Goulburn |
| Latitude | -34.788 |
| Longitude | 146.614 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1854 and 31 Dec 1854 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 70 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Musket(s) |
| Narrative | According to an article in the Labor Daily, 1 Jan 1926, p 8, the death of Mr Jeremiah Rodgers was noted. 'He was one of the first residents in this [Narrandera] district, having been brought here with his brother Henry, 73 years ago [1853]. His father took charge of Brewarrina Station, and he managed the holding for 20 years... The pastoralists at that time experienced trouble from the blacks, who used to spear the cattle. So troublesome were they that the whites determined to deal with them in a summary manner. The whites drove the natives on to an island below Buckingbong and wrought such havoc in their ranks that the Island is even now known as "Murdering Island". It is estimated that 70 Aboriginal people were killed. |
| Sources | Labor Daily, January 1, 1926, p 8 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/239865993 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
