Site NameRifle Creek, Mt Carbine
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupDjabugay
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police District
Latitude-16.675
Longitude145.277
DateBetween 1 Jan 1880 and 31 Dec 1880
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed NotesM.W.C
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police, Settler(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Snider(s)
NarrativeDispersal raid carried out by Patrick Molloy, some white settlers and a party of native mounted police in reprisal for the loss of eight of Molloy's draught horses (Bottoms, 2013, p 151).
SourcesBottoms, 2013, p 151. (Sources PDF)
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