| Site Name | Darlington Station |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Djadjawurrung |
| Present State/Territory | VIC |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | PPD |
| Police District | Melbourne |
| Latitude | -37.149 |
| Longitude | 144.446 |
| Date | Between 1 Jun 1838 and 31 Aug 1838 |
| Attack Time | Night |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 13 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Probable: M 13 F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | On 23 July 1839, 'in conversation with Thomas B. Alexander, agent for Captain Sylvester Brown at Darlington Station,' James Dredge, Assistant Protector of the Aborigines' in the region, 'was informed that in the winter of 1838, 'the Aborigines took away a flock of between 800 and 900 sheep,' and [that] when Alexander's men (Captain Sylvester Brown's employees) 'located them 13 Aborigines were shot before the sheep were recovered.' (Dredge cited in Clark 1995, p.89) |
| Sources | Clark ID 1995, p 89. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
