Site NameMurdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupGubbi Gubbi
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police DistrictMoreton
Latitude-26.458
Longitude153.08
DateBetween 1 Feb 1862 and 30 Apr 1862
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed25
Victims Killed NotesKilled: M 25 F; Probable: M F; Possible: M F; Wounded: M F
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsManager(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Shotgun(s)
NarrativeWalter 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).
SourcesGibbons, 2014, pp 142-147; 282. https://www.academia.edu/12361316/Deconstructing_colonial_myths_the_massacre_at_Murdering_Creek (Sources PDF)
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