| Site Name | Tambo Crossing |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Tatungalung or Brabralung |
| Colony | PPD |
| Present State/Territory | VIC |
| Police District | Gippsland |
| Latitude | -37.498 |
| Longitude | 147.883 |
| Date | Between 1 Nov 1843 and 1 Jun 1844 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 70 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 60 F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Settler |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F;Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, spears/waddies. |
| Narrative | This incident was originally reported by G.A. Robinson Report of a Journey of Two Thousand Two Hundred Miles to the Tribes of the Coast and Eastern Interior during the Year 1844, (Mackaness 1941: 13). Gippsland historian Peter Gardner re-read the report in 1996 and considered that the high number of Aboriginal deaths 'upwards of seventy', was not customary in Aboriginal society and that Robinson's statement: 'best forget the whole sale slaughter by Christians', was a clue to the organisation of the slaughter by white people. Carried out by white men assisted by Omeo and Mokellumbeets and Tinnermitum warriors (Gardner 1996:49-51). |
| Sources | Mackaness 1941: 13; Gardner 1995: 40-51; Clark 1998d: 102. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
