| Site Name | Coniston and surrounds 2 |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Warlpiri, Anmatyere, Kaytetye |
| Colony | NT |
| Present State/Territory | NT |
| Police District | |
| Coordinates (imprecise to approx. 250m) | -22.094,132.516,0 |
| Date | Between 1 Aug 1928 and 31 Oct 1928 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Aboriginal People Killed | 60 |
| Aboriginal People Killed Notes | More than 60 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed | 0 |
| Non-Aboriginal People Killed Notes | William John (Nugget) Morton, co-owner of Broadmeadows Station, reported that he was attacked by 15 Warlpiri on 28 August. |
| Attacker Category | Police and settler party.
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| Attacker Details | |
| Motive | Retaliation for attack against Nugget Morton. |
| Type Of Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearms & tomahawk |
| Notes | Men. |
| Narrative | Warlpiri also attacked and wounded Nugget Morton at Tomahawk Waterholde on the Lander River and this led to further reprisals on both the Lander and Lower Hanson Rivers, including Circle Well, and Aboriginal deaths (approx. more than 60.) The official death toll for the Coniston masacre was 17. |
| Sources | Woodward 1978; Read and Read 1991: 33-7; Bell 1993: 67-68; Toohey 1978: Edmond 2013: 104; Morrison www.australianfrontierconflicts.com.au; NT News, 25 Aug 2018: 24-25:Wilson and O,Brien 2003. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
