| Site Name | Eastern Marshes |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Paredarerme / Oyster Bay |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VDL |
| Police District | Campbell Town |
| Latitude | -42.384 |
| Longitude | 147.672 |
| Date | 31 Jan 1829 |
| Attack Time | Night |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Field Police, Settler(s), Stockkeeper(s), Soldier(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s), Bayonet(s), Blade(s) |
| Narrative | In December 1828 by warriors carried out a series of raids on various farms that included the killing of James Shirton, a servant of settler Mr Hawkins and an attack by twelve warriors on John Allen's farm at Great Swanport on 14 December 1828. The attack at John Allen's farm was visually recorded in a sketch (ML, SLNSW). A correspondent from Great Swanport reported that in retaliation two massacres had been carried out, one at St Paul's River 'ten days back,' and then 'about the same time ten were shot and two taken, near the Eastern Marshes.' (Launceston Advertiser, February 9, 1829, p 2). |
| Sources | LA February 9, 1829 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/8721080;
'The Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land endeavouring to kill Mr John Allen in the District of of Great Swanport on the 14th December 1828', ML, SLNSW. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
