| Site Name | Thouringowa Waterhole, Bulloo River, Bullawarra, Thargomindah |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Kullilla |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | Bedourie |
| Latitude | -28.179 |
| Longitude | 143.356 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1865 and 31 Dec 1865 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 300 |
| Victims Killed Notes | M.W.C |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 1 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s) |
| Narrative | According to historian Timothy Bottoms (2013), in 1865, John (Jack) Dowling, was killed on his brother's station at Thargomindah by his Aboriginal servant Pimpilly in revenge for Dowling giving him a beating. Dowling's brother, Vincent, led a posse of settlers including EO Hobkirk in search of Pimpilly. The posse found a large group of Kullilli camped at Thouringowa Waterhole on the eastern side of the Bulloo River and although they said that Pimpillly was not with them, according to Kullilli descendeant Hazel McKellar (1984, p 57), the posse 'chased them towards the Grey Range, shooting them down as they ran. According to Hobkirk, ''Later in the day the posse went to another Camp, about 20 miles [32km] down the river and shot about the same number' (Hobkirk cited in Bottoms, 2013, p 63). Hazel McKellar (1984, p 57) says the posse was led by the native police and that overall about 300 were killed. |
| Sources | Bottoms, 2013, pp 63-64; McKellar, 1984, p 57. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
