Site Name | Brewarinna Fish Traps, Barwon River (2) |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Pooncarie/Parkantyi |
Present State/Territory | NSW |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Walgett |
Latitude | -29.958 |
Longitude | 146.856 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1861 and 31 Dec 1861 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 20 |
Victims Killed Notes | MWC |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Stockmen/Drover(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | |
Motive | Unknown |
Weapons Used | Unknown |
Narrative | Dargin (1976, p 57) says that men, women and children were killed in this massacre. |
Sources | Dargin 1976, p 57. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |