Site Name | Ukabulla Station, Maranoa Pastoral District (2) |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Mandandanji |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Surat |
Latitude | -26.633 |
Longitude | 150.006 |
Date | Between 1 Nov 1852 and 30 Nov 1852 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 6 |
Victims Killed Notes | More than 6 men including Bussamarai, the Yiman man from Dawson River and four other men. |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Native Police, Stockmen/Drover(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Wounded: M F |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Reprisal |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s) |
Narrative | This 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). |
Sources | Skinner 1975, pp 96-97; Collins 2002, pp 203-205. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |