| Site Name | Dairy Plains Meander River (1) |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] |
| Colony | VDL |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Police District | Launceston |
| Latitude | -41.593 |
| Longitude | 146.521 |
| Date | Between 1 Dec 1827 and 31 Dec 1827 |
| Attack Time | night |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 9, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Stockkeepers |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, muskets |
| Narrative | According to a historian of the VDL Co, a group of its employees, taking 11 pairs of oxen from Launceston to Circular Head, were attacked by a “strong party of Natives who were however ‘severely handled’.” |
| Sources | Lennox 1990: 170. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
