Site NameMuckadilla Creek, Maranoa Pastoral District
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupMandandanji
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 People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed NotesKilled: M more than 6, F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed NotesKilled: M F; Wounded: M F
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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