Site NameMuckadilla Creek, Maranoa Pastoral District
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleMandandanji
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictSurat
Latitude-26.603
Longitude148.395
DateBetween 1 Oct 1848 and 31 Oct 1848
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Musket(s)
NarrativeRevenge 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) .
SourcesMacPherson, 1879, p 14; Collins, 2002, p 27. (Sources PDF)
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