| Site Name | Darkey Flat, Southern Darling Downs |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Geynyan? |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Warialda |
| Latitude | -28.097 |
| Longitude | 151.798 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1845 and 31 Dec 1845 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M more than 6, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | This attack, by owners and station hands at Talgai Station on the Southern Darling Downs, was carried out to prevent the station from becoming the collecting point for other Aboriginal clans. The account given by French (1989, p 99) relates that 'two uninitiated Aboriginal youths from southern New South Wales, in the employ of a local squatter, had raped several women of the McIntyre (Bigambul?) tribe. When the tribal warriors gathered to punish the transgressors, the reprobates informed the settlers at Talgai Station that the McIntyre tribe was planning a raid on the station. The whites promptly carried out a pre-emptive attack, killing several Aborigines: thereafter the McIntyre tribe had good cause for resisting the white invasion.' |
| Sources | Hall, 1925, pp 103-104; French, 1989, p 99. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
