| Site Name | Apsley, Western Wimmera |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Jandwadjali |
| Present State/Territory | VIC |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | VIC |
| Police District | Wimmera |
| Latitude | -36.978 |
| Longitude | 141.068 |
| Date | Between 1 Nov 1854 and 30 Nov 1854 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 18 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 2 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F: Wounded MF |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | In a letter dated 5 December 1854 by James Dixon from Keilor Station, Victoria, to S Wilson of Surrey Lane, Battersea Surrey, England, Dixon, wrote: that he had been stationed 300 miles 'in the Country from Melbourne' where there were 'plenty of black natives. They are very treacherous. We had a great battle with them a month ago, their [sic] was eighteen killed and two of our men. They throws [sic] spears that penetrate right through you which is verry [sic] dangerous.' |
| Sources | James Dixon to S. Wilson 5 Dec 1854. Private letter held by Brook Andrew. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
