| Site Name | Maryborough, Burnett PD |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Gubbi Gubbi? or Butchulla? |
| Colony | NSW |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -25.537,152.725,0 |
| Date | 1 Nov 1854 |
| Attack Time | |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 6 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | Killed: M more than 6, 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 | |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Type Of Motive | |
| Weapons Used | Poisoning, strychnine |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | Quote from local historian, J. Lennon: "Late in November 1854?when Aborigines ate flour laced with strychnine, among provisions stolen from the store of Henry Palmer. ?There was a great whaling [sic] heard in the camp at Granville where they were sent every night,? an old settler recorded, ?and in the morning several of them were found dead, poisoned."? Carried out to stop the theft of his (Palmer's ?) goods. |
| Sources | Bottoms 2013: 86. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
