Site NameMoreton Island
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place NameNgugi
Language Group, Nation or PeopleGuwar
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictBrisbane
Latitude-27.36
Longitude153.426
Date1 Jul 1831
Attack TimeDawn
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed20
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsFoot Soldier(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportFoot
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Musket(s)
NarrativeAt dawn, on the edge of the freshwater lagoon close to Moreton island's southern extremity, Captain Clunie, with a detachment of the 17th Regiment, surrounded a Ngugi camp and killed up to twenty people. George Watkins recorded: 'nearly all were shot down. My informant, a young boy at the time, escaped with a few others by hiding in a clump of bushes' (Watkins, 1892, p 43).
SourcesEvans, 1999, p 65; Watkins, 1892, p 43. (Sources PDF)
Corroboration Rating**