| Site Name | Rifle Creek, Black Mountain |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | Bunda Bugal |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Djabugay |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -16.659 |
| Longitude | 145.501 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1880 and 31 Dec 1880 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Native Police, Settler(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Snider(s) |
| Narrative | After Djabugay raids in which Patrick Molloy lost 8 draught horses, Molloy, with other white settlers and a party of native mounted police 'tracked the Djabugay group to Bunda Bugal (Black Mountain) at the head of Rifle Creek.' where they were, in the colonists language of the time, 'dispersed' and 'taught a lesson' (Bottoms, 2013, p 151). |
| Sources | Bottoms, 2013, p 151. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
