| Site Name | Dora Dora Station, Table Top Mountain, Murray River |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Wiradjuri |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Goulburn |
| Latitude | -35.985 |
| Longitude | 147.35 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1836 and 31 Dec 1836 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 12 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 12 Wiradjuri men, women and children, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | |
| Weapons Used | Musket(s) |
| Narrative | In 1836, two stockmen were killed by Wiradjuri men on Thologolong station near the Murray River, NSW. 'The reprisals by the settlers, the little known Dora Dora massacre, resulted in the deaths of at least a dozen Aboriginal, men, women and children. [T]he attack was led by John Jobbins, owner of adjoining Cumberoona station, a man who quickly gained a reputation for his extreme violence. Cumberoona’s lands were principal camping grounds for local Aboriginal peoples [Wiradjuri], but Jobbins declared that the land was his, exclusively, and that harsh punishment would be administered to those that did not comply.' Jobbins led the attack with an unknown number of armed men on horseback. (Schneider, 2016, p 29) |
| Sources | Smethwick 2003, p 2; Schneider 2016, p 29. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
