| Site Name | Mount Mitchell |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Djadjawurrung |
| Present State/Territory | VIC |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | PPD |
| Police District | Geelong |
| Latitude | -37.282 |
| Longitude | 143.546 |
| Date | Between 1 Jul 1838 and 31 Jul 1838 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Overseer(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | 'In July 1838, Henry Boucher Bowerman, at Mount Mitchell or Burnbank Station on McCallums and Doctors Creeks,' 'had a flock of sheep driven from his run by some Aborigines. While the sheep were being recovered, between 10 and 14 Aboriginal people were shot' by Bowerman's overseer, John M Allen (Clark, 1995, p 89). This was the first of 2 massacres carried out by Allen at Bowerman's station. |
| Sources | Lang 1847, p 132; Clark 1995, p 89-90. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
