Site NameManumbar Station, Burnett River region
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupWaka Waka
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police DistrictMaryborough
Latitude-26.367
Longitude152.361
DateBetween 1 Jan 1861 and 31 Dec 1861
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed10
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Carbine(s)
NarrativeRR 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).
SourcesQP V&P LA 1861(b); Bottoms, 2013, pp 6, 51. (Sources PDF)
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