| Site Name | Brewarinna Fish Traps, Barwon River (1) |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Pooncarie/Parkantyi |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Walgett |
| Latitude | -29.957 |
| Longitude | 146.855 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1859 and 24 Feb 1859 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 20 |
| Victims Killed Notes | MWC |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Unknown |
| Narrative | When the Gemini steamer arrived at Brewarrina, the journalist on board, A. Norton, noted that 'the native police had been before my visit, and it was common rumour that the blacks had been shot down without mercy through the district' (Norton cited in Dargin, 1976, p 55). |
| Sources | Dargin 1976, pp 54-5; Maryborough Chronicle: Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, May 9, 1876, p 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148509158 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
