| Site Name | The Retreat, (Cheshunt) Dairy Plains, Meander River |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VDL |
| Police District | Launceston |
| Latitude | -41.622 |
| Longitude | 146.519 |
| Date | Between 1 Dec 1827 and 31 Dec 1827 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 19 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Swivel Gun(s) |
| Narrative | Traveling through the Surry Hills on 12 August 1830, government agent GA Robinson was informed by Henry Hellyer, the surveyor of the VDL Co of an incident at "The Retreat", a cattle run on the Meander River at Dairy Plains, leased by Hobart solicitor, Gamiel Butler. In 1827 stockkeeper Paddy Heagon 'shot nineteen of the western natives with a swivel gun charged with nails' (Plomley, 2008, p 231; 1966, pp 197-198). |
| Sources | Plomley, 2008, p 231; 1966, pp 197-198. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
