| Site Name | Rufus River, Lake Victoria |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Maraura |
| Colony | SA |
| Present State/Territory | SA |
| Police District | Adelaide |
| Latitude | -34.049 |
| Longitude | 141.274 |
| Date | 27 Aug 1841 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 30 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 30+, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Settler, Stockman |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | carbine, bayonet, pistol |
| Narrative | Following Aboriginal attacks on 11 overlanders at the Murray River on 16 April 1841, a punitive expedition of 70 heavily armed men were deployed to Rufus River by SA Gov George Grey to 'clear the area' of Aboriginal people. |
| Sources | Grey to Russell, May 29, 1841, NSW Governors’ Despatches, ML A1197, vol.16.: Burke et al. 2016:152-3 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
