Site Name Ardgowan Island, Gwydir River, Liverpool Plains PD
Aboriginal Place Name
Language Group Wiriyaraay or Gamilaraay or Yugambul
Colony NSW
Present State/Territory NSW
Police District Muswellbrook
Latitude -29.526
Longitude 150.334
Date Between 1 Aug 1838 and 31 Aug 1838
Attack Time day
Victims Aboriginal People
Victims Killed 9
Victims Killed Notes Killed: M 9.
Attackers Colonisers: Manager, Stockman
Attackers Killed 0
Attackers Killed Notes Killed: M
Transport Horse
Motive Opportunity
Weapons Used Firearms, muskets, pistols
Narrative Charles Eyles, manager at Crawford's station and two stockmen, James Dunn and William Allen, shot and killed 9 Gomeroi people on Ardgowan Island and burnt and buried the bodies in a shallow grave.
Sources CCL Mayne to Thomson, 23-28 Feb 1839, SRNSW CSR39/2519 (Sources PDF)
Corroboration Rating **