| Site Name | Torres Strait - Pabaju Albany Island |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Kawalgaw Ya |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | Cook |
| Latitude | -10.69 |
| Longitude | 142.12 |
| Date | Between 1 Jun 1869 and 30 Jun 1869 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Colonisers |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed:M8 F;Wounded:M F |
| Attackers | Aboriginal People |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | Killed: M F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
| Transport | Boat |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Fireams, rifles |
| Narrative | Police Magistrate Frank Jardine orchestrated an ambush party comprising a boatload of marines and at least five on shore to ambush 4 Gudang turtle hunters on the beach at Pabaju Albany Island opposite Kaleebe (Somerset). The surgeon Dr Richard Cannon accompanied the party on shore. The 4 turtle hunters were shot dead and later that day a further 6 Gudang were chased in their canoe and also shot. |
| Sources | Bottoms 2013:127-8; Sharp 1992:38 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
