| Site Name | Severn (Dumaresq) River |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Marbal or Guyambul |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Warialda |
| Latitude | -29.085 |
| Longitude | 151.185 |
| Date | Between 1 May 1849 and 31 May 1849 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s) |
| Narrative | Drawing on the personal reminiscences of John Watts, a former member of the Qld Legislative Assembly, Skinner (1975, p 30) says that a native police detachment led by Frederick Walker, hid under the dray of the carrier known as 'The Smiler' when he arrived at Beebo station on the Macintyre River. When a group of Aboriginal warriors arrived at the carrier's camp, 'dressed in "war paint", the police discharged their guns and the natives immediately retreated into the scrub where formerly they were safe as no white man dared follow.' However the Native Police immediately followed the Aborigines and in the words of Watts, 'the number they killed no one but the commander and themselves ever knew' (Skinner, 1975, pp 30-31). |
| Sources | Skinner, 1975, pp 30-31. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
