Site Name | Junction of Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Dadi Dadi or Weki Weki |
Present State/Territory | NSW |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Albury |
Latitude | -34.726 |
Longitude | 143.217 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1846 and 31 Dec 1846 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 70 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s), Pistol(s), Sword(s), Bayonet(s) |
Narrative | To 'clear' the area of Aboriginal people for a pastoral station for William Ross, 70-80 Aboriginal men were trapped on both sides of the Murray River and shot by Frederick Walker, Edmund Morey, William Ross, John Scott, the Jackson brothers, Williams, Lee and 'two fine Murrumbidgee natives – Robin Hood and Marengo' and Mr Yeomans from the other side of the river and others. 'This broke their spirit'. (Morey, 1952 cited in Collins, 2002, p 49) |
Sources | Collins 2002, p 48-9 https://www.goodbyebussamarai.com/text. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |