| Site Name | Deepwater (2), New England Pastoral District |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Guyambal or Ngarabul or Marbal |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Armidale |
| Latitude | -29.27 |
| Longitude | 151.628 |
| Date | 1 Mar 1845 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 16 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 7, F4,and 5 children; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Border Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | A party of border police lead by Oliver Fry, Crown Lands Commissioner for the Clarence Pastoral District, 'fired without warning on a party of Aborigines near the Windeyer family's "Deepwater" station at New England killing seven men, four women and five children.' (Richard Craig to Deas Thompson, 1 July 1846, CSIL, 4/2719, 46/5747 cited in Reece, 1974, p 187) |
| Sources | Walker 1966, p 30; Reece 1974, p 187. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
