| Site Name | Crampton’s Corner, Maranoa Pastoral District |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Gawambaraay or Bigambul? |
| Colony | NSW |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | St George |
| Latitude | -28.513 |
| Longitude | 150.251 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1844 and 31 Dec 1847 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 15 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M ‘No less than fifteen’, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Settler |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Repeating rifle |
| Narrative | Thomas Crampton was the first white man to occupy land near Goondiwindi in 1837 and held a working share in the Merewah run, owned by James Howe, a settler from the Hunter and the Hawkesbury. One day Crampton went to check on the cattle at Crampton’s corner and found some Aboriginal men in the tops of some trees armed with spears. He shot and killed ‘no less than fifteen blacks’ (Browne 1922:22-24; Copland 1990:18-19). |
| Sources | Copland 1990: 17-19; Gunn nd: Letter ‘Goondiwindi and District file’ Royal Queensland Historical Society; Browne 1922: 22-4 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
