| Site Name | Mt Larcombe Station, Port Curtis |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Gayiri |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Port Curtis |
| Latitude | -23.829 |
| Longitude | 150.989 |
| Date | 27 Dec 1855 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Colonists |
| Victim Descriptions | Stockkeeper(s) |
| Victims Killed | 7 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Attacker Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | |
| Narrative | On 18th February, the killing of more than five people at Mr. Young's station was reported: 'the blacks came and murdered every person on the establishment - three men and two women, - besides some other blacks which Mr. Young had on the place.' (SMH 18 Feb 1856, p 5)
Later reports added some details, 'On the 27th December, a large party of these rascals made a rush upon Mr Young's station, and killed a white man ... two others ... A white man and his wife ...' and 'two civilized blacks...' (Empire 28 Jan 1856)
According to Empire this was one of 3 attacks at around the same time, 'For some time past this district may be said to have been in a constant state of aggitation from the repeated and in most instances the successful attacks of the blacks. From the end of September to the end of February - three different times - did the blacks collect in numbers and attack, first, the quarters of the native policemen at Rannes; secondly, they annihilated every living soul on Mr. Young's station near Port Curtis; and thirdly, Mr. Elliott's station on the Fitzroy.' (Empire, 22 April 1856, p 3) |
| Sources | CCL Wiseman to CCCL 5 Jan 1856, SRNSW; McDonald, 1981, pp 184-185; SMH 18 Feb 1856, p 5 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12983876; Empire 28 Jan 1856 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60172954; Empire, 22 April 1856, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60246946 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
