| Site Name | Murray River, North Queensland |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Djira |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | North Kennedy |
| Latitude | -18.084 |
| Longitude | 146.003 |
| Date | 20 Jan 1870 |
| Attack Time | Dawn |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Carbine(s), Knife/Knives |
| Narrative | A detachment of native police ambushed a campsite of Djira people on the Murray River at dawn and, according to the Acting Sub Inspector, Native Mounted Police in his report, 'I came upon a mob camped near the mouth of the "Murray River". Having only three troopers with me, I judged it advisable to take the extreme measure of dispersing the camp at once' (QSA COL /A185/1873/993). |
| Sources | QSA COL /A185/1873/993. (DR62170.pdf) ITM 846915. p116. https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM846915 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
