| Site Name | Cape Grim, VDL Co, NW Tasmania (1) |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | North West |
| Colony | VDL |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Police District | VDL Co |
| Latitude | -40.709 |
| Longitude | 144.688 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1828 and 31 Jan 1828 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 13 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M F 1 or more; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M more than 7 unspecified, F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Shepherds, sailors |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, muskets, blades, bayonets |
| Narrative | Richard Frederick, master of the VDL Co sloop, Fanny, told Mrs Hare, wife of the captain of the Caroline, that he and four shepherds had surprised a party of Aborigines at Cape Grim, killing 12 before retreating to their ship. Mrs Hare recorded the incident in her diary on January 19. The manager of the Company in a report to his superiors in London on 14 January 1828 acknowledged the attack but claimed there were no casualties because “the guns mis-fired.” Carried out in reprisal for the killing of sheep. |
| Sources | TAHO VDL 5/1 No.2; Lee 1927: 41. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
