| Site Name | Minnamurra River, South Coast |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Dharawal |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Sydney |
| Latitude | -34.633 |
| Longitude | 150.839 |
| Date | 1 Oct 1818 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Overseer(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s), Cutlass/Cutlasses, Bayonet(s), Blade(s) |
| Narrative | Lt Weston, owner of a property at Dapto, Cornelius O'Brien, overseer of William Browne's property at Yallah and seven labourers and convict workers, attacked an Aboriginal campsite and fired muskets at them (Elder 2003, pp25-6). 'Bundle, a Native came and told me that the Natives (Men and Women) at the river were all killed.' (Wild n.d.) |
| Sources | Depositions to the Sydney Bench, October 24, 1818; Report by Joseph Wild, District Constable at Illawarra n.d.; Elder 2003, p 25-6. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
