| Site Name | Indian Head, North Shore, Cooktown |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Guugu Yimithirr |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -15.451 |
| Longitude | 145.234 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1879 and 31 Dec 1879 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 28 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Killed: M 28 |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, rifles |
| Narrative | Following the wounding of 2 white men by spears, a troop of native police, led by Sub-Inspector O'Connor trapped and shot dead 24 Aboriginal men in a ravine behind a beach north of Indian Head and 4 others were drowned. |
| Sources | Bottoms 2013:121-2 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
