Site NameUpper Clyde River
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupBig River
Present State/TerritoryTAS
Colony/State/Territory at the timeVDL
Police DistrictClyde
Latitude-42.322
Longitude146.836
DateBetween 1 Apr 1830 and 8 Apr 1830
Attack TimeNight
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsMilitary
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed NotesKilled: M F; Wounded: M F
TransportFoot
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Musket(s), Bayonet(s), Blade(s)
NarrativeOn 1 April 1830, a military patrol ambushed an Aboriginal camp on the Upper Clyde river north of Bothwell and killed and wounded at least six in reprisal for an Aboriginal attack on a settler's hut where flour was taken. (Bothwell magistrate to Co Sec 2 April 1830, TAHO CSO 1/316/7578, p.189)
SourcesTAHO CSO 1/316, p 189. (Sources PDF)
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