| Site Name | Warraweena |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | barranbinya |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -29.935 |
| Longitude | 146.234 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1858 and 31 Dec 1858 |
| Attack Time | |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 20 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Weapons Used | |
| Narrative | The Maryborough Chronicle republished an extract from Stockwhip, 22 April, 1876 describing 'barbarities' committed in New South Wales in relation to the lethal flogging of an Aboriginal boy in Queensland. The article describes an atrocity in graphic detail, and mentions three locations at which 'barbarities' occurred in the vicinity of Brewarrina: 'When, however, these monsters "had their cattle together" they would collect
themselves for the purpose of "a bit of
sport," which meant going on the trail of
the aboriginals. "Hospital Creek," opposite
Breewarrina, "The Point," between Yambegoona and the same place, and Warraweena
Billywung might, if they could speak, tell of
deeds unparalleled even in the Book of
Books. We are now speaking of the years
from 1840-1858' (Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 9 May 1876, p 4).
Hospital Creek is a well known massacre site. The incident at 'The Point' near Yambegoona is probably not a massacre, but it is the atrocity committed against an individual described, as it is mentioned specifically in relation to 'Yambecoona' in another article: 'The most brutal story he told' me, and again showed the spot and stump, was that he and two stockmen were coming up the river close to Yambecoona, when they met a blackfellow...' (The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser, 1 Apr 1869, p 4). This earlier article describes the activities of three Aboriginal men from Liverpool Plains employed by colonists in the area: 'One of these demons, Pelica Jemmy, told me some revolting stories. He said he had shot and poisoned in his time 170, and that Brewarina Jemmy, had killed far more than he' (The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser, 1 Apr 1869, p 4). The article then focuses on Hospital Creek. The article makes it clear that the killing had been sustained for a long period at many sites but only mentions three sites, Hospital Creek marked elsewhere on this site, Yambecoona at which one person was killed, which leaves Warraweena as the only other identified place where this widespread killing occurred. |
| Sources | Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 9 May 1876, p 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148509158; The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser, 1 Apr 1869, p 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/113830392 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
