| Site Name | Appin |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Gundungurra |
| Colony | NSW |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Police District | Liverpool |
| Latitude | -34.23 |
| Longitude | 150.742 |
| Date | 17 Apr 1816 |
| Attack Time | night |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 14 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 14, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Foot soldiers |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, muskets, blades, swords |
| Narrative | At 1 am on 17 April 1816, a party of the 46th Regiment led by Captain James Wallis ‘came across an Aboriginal camp on the cliffs above a creek. Wallis ordered his troops into a line and advanced into the moonlight, killing seven Aborigines…. Wallis did not send any men around the camp to cut off people fleeing the advancing line and a further seven “met their fate by rushing in despair over the precipice”. Two women and three men were captured. The bodies of two men, Durelle and Kanabygal, were hauled from the creek and hung on McGee’s Hill near Boughton’s farm.’ (Connor 2002:51) |
| Sources | Wallis to Macquarie, May 4, June 4, 1816, ML A773. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
