Site Name | Manumbar Station, Burnett River region |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Waka Waka |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | Maryborough |
Latitude | -26.367 |
Longitude | 152.361 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1861 and 31 Dec 1861 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 10 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Carbine(s) |
Narrative | RR Morisset and a detachment of native police shot and killed at least 10 Aboriginal people near Manumbar Station, 50 km south east of Murgon (Bottoms, 2013, pp 6, 51). |
Sources | QP V&P LA 1861(b); Bottoms, 2013, pp 6, 51. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |