| Site Name | Battle Mountain, Cloncurry |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Kalkadoons |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -19.502,140.435,0 |
| Date | Between 1 Sep 1884 and 30 Sep 1884 |
| Attack Time | Daylight |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 20 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | |
| 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 | sniders |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | Native police led by Sub Inspector Frederick Urquhart and assisted by Alexander Kennedy avenged the killing of a Chinese shepherd on Granada staton 70kms north of Cloncurry. They encountered Kalkadoon warriors on a hill and called on them to surrender.There was an affray in which 'an unknown number of men, women and children were killed.' |
| Sources | Bottoms 2013: 164-6. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
