| Site Name | Junction Island, Murray River |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Tati tati |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Goulburn |
| Latitude | -34.113 |
| Longitude | 141.912 |
| Date | Between 1 Mar 1839 and 31 Mar 1839 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 40 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s) |
| Narrative | On 24 April 1839, the 'Southern Australian' reported on page 3, 'We have the pleasure in announcing the safe arrival in the province of Messrs McLeod and McPherson, from New South Wales, with 500 head of cattle and one thousand sheep. We understand that they only lost four sheep and two head of cattle during their journey. It is reported, that they had a recounter [sic] with the aborigines on the way, and that forty natives were killed.' Three days later, the 'South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register' published the following: 'There is no truth in the story published in the 'Southern Australian' that Messrs McLeod and McPherson had a rencontre with the natives in which forty of the latter were shot.' ('South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register', April 27, 1839, p.2).
Despite the denial, it appears that a massacre took place at Junction Island, where the Darling River flows into the Murray River. |
| Sources | Southern Australian, April 24, 1839, p 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71685226; South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register, April 27, 1839, p 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31750562 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
