| Site Name | Orara River, near Seelands |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Bundjalung |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Grafton |
| Latitude | -29.631 |
| Longitude | 152.812 |
| Date | Between 1 Apr 1841 and 30 Apr 1841 |
| Attack Time | Dawn |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 20 |
| Victims Killed Notes | More than 20 men, women and children. |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Government Official(s), Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s), Cutlass/Cutlasses, Blade(s) |
| Narrative | According to historian David Kent, in April 1841, in reprisal for alleged stock theft from Ramornie station on the Clarence River by Bundjalung warriors, CLC Oakes of Clarence PD swore in stockmen as special constables to surround a Bundjalung camp at night and at daybreak charged and killed indiscriminately Bundjalung men, women and children (Kent, 2006, p 36-41). According to Kent a man named Lynch was later charged with the stock theft. |
| Sources | Kent, 2006, pp 36-41. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
