| Site Name | Barraba, Liverpool Plains |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Gamilaraay |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Maitland |
| Latitude | -30.431 |
| Longitude | 150.399 |
| Date | Between 1 Jun 1836 and 31 Jul 1836 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 80 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 80 over several weeks, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Mounted Police, Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Musket(s), Pistol(s), Sword(s) |
| Narrative | Sergeant Temple led a detachment of mounted police and a party of stockmen and settlers, including TS Hall to 'clear' the Barraba area of Aboriginal people. Missionary LE Threlkeld said that 80 Aboriginal people were slaughtered (Gunson, 1974, 136). The operation was briefly reported in British Parliamentary Papers for 1839 (BPP 1839, Paper 526). |
| Sources | BPP 1839, vol. 34, Paper 526; Gunson 1974, pp 136, 275-6, 279. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
