Site NameDairy Plains (2), Meander River
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupPort Sorell [Pallittore North]
Present State/TerritoryTAS
Colony/State/Territory at the timeVDL
Police DistrictLaunceston
Latitude-41.55
Longitude146.553
Date15 Sep 1826
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed NotesKilled: M at least six unspecified, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsStockkeeper(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed NotesKilled: M F; Wounded: M James Cupit - Stock keepers wounded - unspecified, F
TransportFoot
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Spear(s)
NarrativeA report in the Hobart Town Gazette(September 23, 1826, p2) stated: 'It is with pain we learn that a skirmish has taken place between numerous tribes of the black natives, and some stockkeepers, on the other side of the island, in which many of the former were severely wounded, if not slain. They made, it would appear, an outrageous attack on the cattle and persons of the stockmen, and provoked them to fire in self-defence.'
SourcesHTG September 23, 1826 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679510 (Sources PDF)
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