Site NameCallandoon Station, MacIntyre River
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupGungabula
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictWarialda
Latitude-28.525
Longitude150.152
DateBetween 1 Oct 1847 and 5 Oct 1847
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed47
Victims Killed NotesKilled: M 12, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police, Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed NotesKilled: M F; Wounded: M F
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Musket(s), Carbine(s)
NarrativeFollowing the massacre of forty Aboriginal people at Boonall Station by squatter James Mark in retaliation for Aboriginal people killing his son, he continued his revenge rampage with native police from Warialda and shot 47 Aboriginal people at Callandoon station.
SourcesTonge, nd, pp 22-24; Copland, 2001, p 85; Richards, 2008, pp 65-66; SMH October 15, 1847http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12901587. (Sources PDF)
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