| Site Name | Bluff Rock New England Pastoral District |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Marbal or Ngarbal |
| Colony | NSW |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -29.163,152.003,0 |
| Date | 17 Oct 1844 |
| Attack Time | Daylight |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 10 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | Killed: M 10-20, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed | 0 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attacker Category | |
| Attacker Details | Edward Irby and Thomas Windeyer and the latter?s two servants, Connor and Weaver. |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Type Of Motive | |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, muskets |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | In daylight Irby and Windeyer and Connor and Weaver chased and then lost and then came upon, more by chance than by skill, a group of Bundjalung or Ngarabal (Marbal or Ngarbal speakers?) sheltering beneath the very rocks Irby and Windeyer found themselves upon. Irby and Windeyer lay on the rocks and began firing at the people below, knowing that their fire would bring up Connor and Weaver who joined the slaughter. This was in retaliation for killing of shepherd named Robinson, employee of Irby Brothers, lessees of Bolivia station. |
| Sources | Irby 1908: 77, 90; Schlunke 2005: 59-60; Walker, 1966: 30 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
