| Site Name | Kilcoy Station |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Giggarbarah, Woongunbarah and other groups in transit |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Brisbane |
| Latitude | -26.884 |
| Longitude | 152.584 |
| Date | 1 Feb 1842 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 60 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 60, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Shepherd(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Poison |
| Narrative | On 1 Febuary 1842, flour laced with strychnine was given to a large group of Aboriginal people at Kilcoy station by two shepherds, resulting in the deaths of at least sixty of them. The shepherds were employed by Evan MacKenzie, lessee of Kilcoy station (SMH, December 5, 1842, p 2). |
| Sources | Lang, 1847, p 279; Qld Parlt Legislative Assembly, 1861(a), p 19 - Select Ctee in to the Native Police; Queenslander, May 21, 1892, p 987, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19824074; SMH, December 5, 1842 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12426931. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
