| Site Name | Pabaju Albany Island |
| Aboriginal Place Name | Pabaju Island |
| Language Group | Gudang |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | Cook |
| Latitude | -10.746 |
| Longitude | 142.612 |
| Date | Between 1 Jun 1869 and 30 Jun 1869 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed:M8 F;Wounded:M F |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Military, Sailor(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Boat |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Rifle(s) |
| Narrative | In June 1869, Police Magistrate Frank Jardine orchestrated an ambush party comprising a boatload of marines and at least five others on shore to ambush four Gudang turtle hunters on the beach at Pabaju Albany Island opposite Kaleebe (Somerset). The surgeon Dr Richard Cannon accompanied the party on shore. The four turtle hunters were shot dead and later that day a further six Gudang were chased in their canoe and also shot (Sharp, 1992, p 39). |
| Sources | Bottoms, 2013, pp 127-128; Sharp, 1992, pp 38-39. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
