Site Name | Murray River North Bank |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Tati tati |
Present State/Territory | NSW |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
Police District | Goulburn |
Latitude | -34.11 |
Longitude | 141.897 |
Date | 11 Nov 1839 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 6 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Overlander(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Musket(s) |
Narrative | Buchanan, (1922-3, p 72) an overlander, says that his party 'we from the opposite bank fired upon them also and killed the old chief, when they all took to the Murray and we kept firing as long as they were within shot. There were five or six killed and a good many wounded.' |
Sources | Buchanan 1922-3, p72. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |