Site Name Nepean River
Aboriginal Place Name
Language Group Bediagal/Dharug
Colony NSW
Present State/Territory NSW
Police District Parramatta
Latitude -33.561
Longitude 150.876
Date 27 Apr 1805
Attack Time day
Victims Aboriginal People
Victims Killed 8
Victims Killed Notes Killed: M 7 or 8, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F
Attackers Colonisers: Shepherd
Attackers Killed 0
Attackers Killed Notes Killed: M F; Wounded: M F
Transport Foot
Motive Opportunity
Weapons Used muskets
Narrative Day time attack on Aboriginal camp on the mountain side of the Nepean River.
Sources SG May 5- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6111 and May 12 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6115, 1805 (Sources PDF)
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