| Site Name | Bluff Rock New England Pastoral District |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Marbal or Ngarbal |
| Colony | NSW |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Police District | Armidale |
| Latitude | -29.163 |
| Longitude | 152.003 |
| Date | 17 Oct 1844 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 10-20, 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 | Firearms, muskets |
| Narrative | In daylight Edward Irby and Thomas Windeyer and Connor and Weaver (the latter two being servants of Windeyer) chased and then lost and then came upon, more by chance than by skill, a group of Bundjalung or Ngarabal (Marbal or Ngarbal speakers?) sheltering beneath the very rocks Irby and Windeyer found themselves upon. Irby and Windeyer lay on the rocks and began firing at the people below, knowing that their fire would bring up Connor and Weaver who joined the slaughter. This was in retaliation for killing of shepherd named Robinson, employee of Irby Brothers, lessees of Bolivia station. |
| Sources | Irby 1908: 77, 90; Schlunke 2005: 59-60; Walker, 1966: 30 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
