| Site Name | Talavera Station, Maranoa Pastoral District |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Mandandanji or Bigambul or Wirray Wirray or Kogai |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Surat |
| Latitude | -27.963 |
| Longitude | 148.868 |
| Date | Between 20 Jul 1849 and 31 Jul 1849 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 50 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Crowns Land Commissioner, Government Official(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s), Pistol(s), Sword(s), Bayonet(s) |
| Narrative | William Telfer, a young stockman visiting the Balonne River region in 1858 heard from Constable Duane of Tamworth who was formerly stationed at Surat in 1849 of 'a fight with the Blacks' at Talavera station on the Balonne River. '[T]he blacks made a good stand but were put to rout losing their Chief (Willari) who was shot with about fifty others...' (Telfer, 1980, p 42). According to Collins (2002, p 42), Crown Lands Commissioner Jack Durbin and a posse of stockmen were involved. According to Telfer (Telfer, 1980, p 42), in the battle 'several of the whites were speared none dangerously.' This would suggest that the battle was probably an ambush. |
| Sources | Telfer, 1980, p 42; Collins, 2002, pp 20, 42-43. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
