Site Name | Mt Larcom Station |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Gayiri |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Port Curtis |
Latitude | -23.829 |
Longitude | 150.989 |
Date | 26 Dec 1855 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Colonisers |
Victim Descriptions | Stockkeeper(s) |
Victims Killed | 6 |
Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 4 whites + 2 Aboriginal stockmen, F; Wounded: M F |
Attackers | Aboriginal People |
Attacker Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
Transport | Foot |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | |
Narrative | Attack on employees at Mt Larcomb station. Carried out by Dawson River Aboriginal people. |
Sources | CCL Wiseman to CCCL 5 Jan 1856, SRNSW; McDonald, 1981, pp 184-185. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |