| Site Name | Jones River, near Miles Opening |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Big River |
| Present State/Territory | TAS |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VDL |
| Police District | Clyde |
| Latitude | -42.459 |
| Longitude | 146.708 |
| Date | 28 Mar 1829 |
| Attack Time | Night |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 9 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Field Police, Settler(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s) |
| Narrative | Magistrate Thomas Anstey reported to the Colonial Secretary on 8 April 1829, that towards the end of March 1829, in reprisal for Aborigines robbing McPherson's stock hut near Jones' River, digging up potatoes on McPherson's farm and wounding a stockman, a party of shepherds and police pursued them and attacked their campsite, killing nine Aboriginal people. A Black woman was injured and taken to New Norfolk and was not expected to live long. TAHO CSO 1/316/75878/pp 232, 239. |
| Sources | TAHO CSO 1/316: pp 232, 239. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
