Site Name | Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Gubbi Gubbi |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | Moreton |
Latitude | -26.458 |
Longitude | 153.08 |
Date | Between 1 Feb 1862 and 30 Apr 1862 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 25 |
Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 25 F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Manager(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Shotgun(s) |
Narrative | Walter Taplock Chippindall, Manager of Yandina Station, Richard Jones, sen. stockman John Farquarson and four other men ambushed and killed about 25 Gubbi Gubbi men fishing in canoes at Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, during the bunya season (Gibbons, 2014, pp 142-7; 282). |
Sources | Gibbons, 2014, pp 142-147; 282. https://www.academia.edu/12361316/Deconstructing_colonial_myths_the_massacre_at_Murdering_Creek (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |