| Site Name | Battle Mountain, Cloncurry |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Kalkadoons |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -19.502 |
| Longitude | 140.435 |
| Date | Between 1 Sep 1884 and 30 Sep 1884 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 20 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonisers: Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 1 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearms, sniders |
| Narrative | Native police led by Sub Inspector Frederick Urquhart and assisted by Alexander Kennedy avenged the killing of a Chinese shepherd on Granada staton 70kms north of Cloncurry. They encountered Kalkadoon warriors on a hill and called on them to surrender.There was an affray in which 'an unknown number of men, women and children were killed.' None of the attacking party were wounded. |
| Sources | Bottoms 2013: 164-6. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
