| Site Name | Meredith River, Oyster Bay |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Oyster Bay / Little Swanport |
| Colony | VDL |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Police District | Waterloo Point |
| Latitude | -42.13 |
| Longitude | 148.008 |
| Date | 15 Nov 1823 |
| Attack Time | night |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 6 unspecified F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Field Police |
| Attackers Killed | 2 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M 2 servants of Silas Gatehouse F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | bayonets, muskets |
| Narrative | District Constable Adam Amos and party carried out the massacre after Musquito, the Sydney Aborigine, and 60 Aborigines from the ‘Tame Mob’ killed two servants of Silas Gatehouse on 15 Nov 1823 and for Black Jack killing 2 servants of Andrew Gatehouse at Grindstone Bay. Musquito and Black Jack were later arrested and charged with murder, convicted and hanged. |
| Sources | Amos 1823: Nov 20. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
