Site Name | Rifle Creek, Mt Carbine |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Djabugay |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | |
Latitude | -16.675 |
Longitude | 145.277 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1880 and 31 Dec 1880 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 6 |
Victims Killed Notes | M.W.C |
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 | Dispersal 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). |
Sources | Bottoms, 2013, p 151. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |