| Site Name | Indian Head, North Shore, Cooktown |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Guugu Yimithirr |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -15.451,145.234,0 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1879 and 31 Dec 1879 |
| Attack Time | Daylight |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 28 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | Killed: M 28 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed | 0 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed Notes | |
| Attacker Category | Native police |
| Attacker Details | Native police |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Type Of Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Riflemen on horseback |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | Following the wounding of 2 white men by spears, a troop of native police, led by Sub-Inspector O'connor trapped and shot dead 24 Aboriginal men in a ravine behind a beach north of Indian Head and 4 others were drowned. |
| Sources | Bottoms 2013:121-2 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
