| Site Name | Selwyn Ranges |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Kalkadoons |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -21.582,140.584,0 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1879 and 31 Jan 1879 |
| Attack Time | Daylight |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 100 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed | 0 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed Notes | |
| Attacker Category | Native police/settlers |
| Attacker Details | Native police/settlers |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Type Of Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | carbines |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | Sub-Inspector Ernest Eglington led a detachment of native police, as well as settler Alexander Kennedy and other 'whites from surrounding stations' in the killing of an unknown number of Kalkadoons at the Selwyn Ranges, in reprisal for the killing of Bernard Movo and 3 others at Woonamo in Dec, 1878. |
| Sources | Armstrong 1981:127-8; Bottoms 2013: 162-3; Davidson et.al, 2004:16. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
