| Site Name | East Bay Neck |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Pydairrerme |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VDL |
| Police District | Sorell |
| Latitude | -42.905 |
| Longitude | 147.823 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1826 and 30 May 1826 |
| Attack Time | Night |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 40 |
| Victims Killed Notes | men, women and children |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Sailor(s), Convict(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Musket(s) |
| Narrative | Historian James Bonwick recorded the story of a male convict who was 'engaged as one of the convict crew a small coaster, carrying round a party of ladies and gentlemen to the east coast. Landing for the night at East Bay Neck, a notable place for depredations [in 1826], he heard the stealthy approach of the bloodthirsty tribe, when his companions were asleep. Arousing the crew, and putting them upon their guard, he permitted the band of some forty marauders to near the fire, when, at a signal from him, a general discharge of muskets took place, which strewed the ground with dead and dying.' (Bonwick 1870, p.123) |
| Sources | Bonwick 1870, p.123. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
