Site NameJunction of Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupDadi Dadi or Weki Weki
Present State/TerritoryNSW
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictAlbury
Latitude-34.726
Longitude143.217
DateBetween 1 Jan 1846 and 31 Dec 1846
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed70
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Carbine(s), Pistol(s), Sword(s), Bayonet(s)
NarrativeTo ‘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)
SourcesCollins 2002, p 48-9 https://www.goodbyebussamarai.com/text. (Sources PDF)
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