Site NameUkabulla Station, Maranoa Pastoral District (2)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleMandandanji
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictSurat
Latitude-27.147
Longitude149.009
DateBetween 1 Nov 1852 and 30 Nov 1852
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed NotesMore than 6 men including Bussamarai, the Yiman man from Dawson River and four other men.
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police, Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Carbine(s)
NarrativeThis was an alleged reprisal for Yiman people having killed a shepherd employed by Mr Scott on the Dawson River and for local station managers complaining of stock theft. The massacre was carried out by a detachment of native police led by Sgt James Skelton and supported by stockmen Paddy McEncroe and D.W. Duncomb (Collins 2002, p 204).
SourcesSkinner 1975, pp 96-97; Collins 2002, pp 203-205. (Sources PDF)
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