Site NameMt Larcom Station
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupGayiri
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictPort Curtis
Latitude-23.829
Longitude150.989
Date26 Dec 1855
Attack TimeDay
VictimsColonisers
Victim DescriptionsStockkeeper(s)
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed NotesKilled: M 4 whites + 2 Aboriginal stockmen, F; Wounded: M F
AttackersAboriginal People
Attacker DescriptionsAboriginal
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed NotesKilled: M F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F
TransportFoot
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons Used
NarrativeAttack on employees at Mt Larcomb station. Carried out by Dawson River Aboriginal people.
SourcesCCL Wiseman to CCCL 5 Jan 1856, SRNSW; McDonald, 1981, pp 184-185. (Sources PDF)
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