| Site Name | Hardie's Station, Dugandan Scrub |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Yuggera |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | Brisbane |
| Latitude | -28.037 |
| Longitude | 152.67 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1861 and 31 Jan 1861 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 40 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Men, women and children |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s) |
| Narrative | Lt Frederick Wheeler responded to a letter from settler John Hardie asking for assistance to 'disperse' Aboriginal people in the Dugandan Scrub. Wheeler led a detachment of native police and attacked a Yuggera camp and killed nearly all of them (Bottoms, 2013, pp 23-24). |
| Sources | QP V&P LA 1861(b); Bottoms, 2013, pp 23-24; Rosser, 1990, p 59. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
