Site Name | Expedition Range This massacre is part of a group of massacres |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Mandalgu |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | Leichhardt |
Latitude | -24.235 |
Longitude | 149.215 |
Date | 26 Nov 1861 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 60 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | |
Motive | |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Rifle(s) |
Narrative | Reprisal for Cullin-la-ringo massacre, carried out by native police. |
Sources | QSA COL/A26/1862/823; SMHDecember 10, 1861, p. 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13060056; SMH December 11, 1861 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1484054; SMH December 12, 1861, p. 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13062362 (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | *** |