Site NameMinnamurra River, South Coast
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupDharawal
Present State/TerritoryNSW
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictSydney
Latitude-34.633
Longitude150.839
Date1 Oct 1818
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s), Overseer(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportFoot
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Musket(s), Cutlass/Cutlasses, Bayonet(s), Blade(s)
NarrativeLt 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.)
SourcesDepositions 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***