Site NameMill Creek
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleWorimi
Present State/TerritoryNSW
Colony/State/Territory at the timeNSW
Police DistrictRaymond Terrace
Latitude-32.243
Longitude151.972
DateBetween 1 Jan 1828 and 31 Dec 1828
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed11
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsMilitary
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportFoot
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedMusket(s), Horse(s)
NarrativeCapt. Thomas Cook, Magistrate 'of the whole country north of Newcastle', in the mid 1820s, recorded that 'a band of blacks stole a child, the daughter of Mrs Easterbook, whose husband was a clerk of the AA Company at Stroud. They disappeared in a northerly direction but were pursued by a party of armed soldiers and assigned servants and overtaken some twenty miles away. Eleven blacks were killed and the child recovered.' (Bennett 1964, p.12-13). The rescue/reprisal party appears to have been on foot.
SourcesBennett 1964, p 12-13. (Sources PDF)
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