Site NameBulloo Downs
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleKullilla, Bitharra
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police District
Latitude-28.484
Longitude143.101
DateBetween 1 Aug 1865 and 31 Aug 1865
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed30
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker Descriptions
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
Transport
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedRifle(s)
NarrativeThis is the second of two massacres committed in this region, see Thouringowa Waterhole, Bulloo River, Bullawarra, Thargomindah)
SourcesSydney Mail, 2 Sep, 1865 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/16551220; Dillon, 2019; The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, 25 Jun 1864, p 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188349532; Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 12 July, 1864, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18705276; Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 9 August, 1864, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/139549; Sydney Morning Herald, 28 March 1865, p 6 Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 1 April, 1865, p 5 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/140033; Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 6 June, 1865, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18706592/140167; The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 7 Dec 1865, p 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18700008; The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 14 Sep 1865, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18701195; Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, 9 Jul 1868 p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123355190; The Brisbane Courier, 9 Dec 1864 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1265443; Dillon, 2020 https://pauldillon.org/2019/04/08/the-murder-of-john-francis-dowling-and-the-massacre-of-300-aborigines/; McKellar, 1984, p 57 (Sources PDF)
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