| Site Name | Hodgson Downs Station, Bailey Creek, Minyerri |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Alawa |
| Colony | SA |
| Present State/Territory | NT |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -15.225,134.079,0 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1903 and 31 Dec 1904 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 30 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | 30-40 Alawa men, women & children. |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed | 0 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed Notes | |
| Attacker Category | Settlers |
| Attacker Details | |
| Motive | Settlers massacred Alawa people for killings of cattle and horses. |
| Type Of Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearms |
| Notes | |
| Narrative | The massacre at Hodgson Downs occurred shortly before 1903 (or 1904, according to different sources.) Estimates of the number killed range between thirty and forty Alawa people, including men, women and children. It is reported that white settlers circled and shot ?Aboriginal men who had been cutting timber for them, flinging children against trees or smashing stones against their skulls, and shooting women.?
According to August Sandy Lirriwirri, Stephen Roberts? grandfather, Old Charlie Waypuldanya, was among the few people who escaped. |
| Sources | Morrison www.australianfrontierconflicts.com.au; Layton and Ucko 1999: 235; Read and Read 1991: 12-16; RAHC https://www.rahc.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/community_profiles/Minyerri%20Community%20Profile.pdf (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
