| Site Name | Dairy Plains, Meander River |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VDL |
| Police District | Launceston |
| Latitude | -41.593 |
| Longitude | 146.521 |
| Date | Between 1 Dec 1827 and 31 Dec 1827 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 6, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Stockkeeper(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s) |
| Narrative | According to Geoff Lennox, historian of the VDL Co, in December 1827, a group of its employees, taking eleven pairs of oxen from Launceston to Circular Head, were attacked by a “strong party of Natives who were however ‘severely handled’” (Cited in Lennox, 1990, p 170). |
| Sources | Lennox, 1990, p 170. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
