| Site Name | Cooninghera Waterhole halfway between Birdsville and Durrie on the Diamantina River |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Mindiri and Wardumba |
| Colony | SA |
| Present State/Territory | SA |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -26.574,139.226,0 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1888 and 31 Dec 1889 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 40 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | 40+ M |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed | 0 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed Notes | |
| Attacker Category | |
| Attacker Details | |
| Motive | |
| Type Of Motive | reprisal for killing station cook who was guilty of rape |
| Weapons Used | repeating rifles |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | Reprisal for killing of the station cook who was guilty of rape. Large number of Mindiri and Wardamba people gathered for a ceremony. |
| Sources | Hercus 1977:56; Farwell 1950: 36-40. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
