| Site Name | Scantlands Plains |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Oyster Bay |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VDL |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -42.278 |
| Longitude | 147.45 |
| Date | Between 1 Nov 1815 and 30 Nov 1815 |
| Attack Time | Night |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 17 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Foot Soldier(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Musket(s), Sword(s), Bayonet(s), Blade(s) |
| Narrative | On November 8, 1815, Colonial Chaplain Robert Knopwood recorded in his diary that Oyster Bay warriors had killed 930 sheep at Scantlands Plains. In 1830 settler James Hobbs in testimony to the Aborigines Committee, recalled that 300 sheep were killed and that the next day a detachment of the 48th Regiment shot 22 Oyster Bay people in reprisal. Nineteenth century historian John West, said that 'seventeen were slain' (West, cited in Shaw, 1971, p 265). |
| Sources | Nicholls, 1977, p 216; BPP 1831, p 50; West in Shaw, 1971, p 265. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
