| Site Name | Fraser Island |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | [Butchulla] or a collection of clans that had sought refuge on the island |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Maryborough |
| Latitude | -25.599 |
| Longitude | 153.09 |
| Date | Between 24 Dec 1851 and 3 Jan 1852 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 100 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M , F, C; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s) |
| Narrative | Between 24 December 1851 and 3 January 1852 a punitive expedition led by Commandant Frederick Walker, Lt Marshall and Sgt Major Dolan, and 24 troopers along with the captain and crew of the schooner 'Margaret and Mary', who were all armed and sworn in as special constables, was carried out on Fraser Island to ‘break up’ Aboriginal clans that had sought sanctuary on the island. Aboriginal people were ‘driven into the sea, and kept there as long as daylight and life lasted’ (Lauer, 1977). Lauer estimates that 100 Aboriginal people were killed. |
| Sources | Lauer, 1977; SMH, January 22, 1852 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1509723. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
