Site Name | Yuleba Creek, Bendemere Station |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Yiman |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | Surat |
Latitude | -26.509 |
Longitude | 152.338 |
Date | Between 1 Mar 1860 and 31 Mar 1860 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 18 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Reprisal |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
Narrative | According 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. |
Sources | QSA COL/A26/1860, p 381; Collins, 2002, p 213. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |