Site Name | Muckadilla Creek, Maranoa Pastoral District |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Mandandanji |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Surat |
Latitude | -26.603 |
Longitude | 148.395 |
Date | Between 1 Oct 1848 and 31 Oct 1848 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 6 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Reprisal |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s) |
Narrative | Revenge for Aboriginal killing of John Gore and William Lowe at Mt Abundance Station, carried out by settler Alan McPherson and party (Collins, 2002, p 27) . |
Sources | MacPherson, 1879, p 14; Collins, 2002, p 27. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |