| Site Name | Chinese Garden, King River |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Yiiji, Ngarinyin |
| Present State/Territory | WA |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
| Police District | East Kimberley |
| Latitude | -15.688 |
| Longitude | 128.09 |
| Date | 21 Sep 1894 |
| Attack Time | |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Rifle(s) |
| Narrative | The Daily News reported that 'A Chinese gardener living at King River, 12 miles from town, reported to Sargeant Wheatley, yesterday morning, that on returning from his garden on the evening preceeding he found the natives in possession of his hut. He fired two shots, and then rode to town. Seargeant Wheatley, Constable Cadden and two native assistants left immediately, and on reaching the garden at daybreak the Sergeant found the shanty ransacked. The tracks showed the presence of six natives. On tracking them up the police saw a mob of fifty blacks on the banks of the King River. The police dispersed the mob and returned to Wyndham. The King River natives are dangerous and are getting bolder, and it is expected that there will be further depredations' (The Daily News, 24 Sep 1894, p 3). |
| Sources | The Daily News, 24 Sep 1894, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76470459. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
