Site NameYuleba Creek, Bendemere Station
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupYiman
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police DistrictSurat
Latitude-26.509
Longitude152.338
DateBetween 1 Mar 1860 and 31 Mar 1860
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed18
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s)
NarrativeAccording to Patrick Collins, historian of the Mandandanji Land War in the Maranoa District, 18 Yiman people were killed by native police on Bendemere Station in East Maranoa in March 1860 in revenge for the Yiman killing of three stockmen. The official report from the native police indicates that a detachment was in the area in March 1860 although it does not indicate that 18 Yiman were killed.
SourcesQSA COL/A26/1860, p 381; Collins, 2002, p 213. (Sources PDF)
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