Site Name | Thundapurty Waterhole near Durrie, SW Queensland |
Aboriginal Place Name | |
Language Group | Karuwali |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | Bedourie |
Latitude | -25.648 |
Longitude | 140.241 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1875 and 31 Dec 1875 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 42 |
Victims Killed Notes | MWC |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Dispersal |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
Narrative | According to Watson (1998, p 98), 'In 1875, Conrick, a pastoralist, found the remains of about 42 bodies with bullet wounds at Thundapurty Waterhole near Durrie' in south west Queensland. |
Sources | Watson, 1998, p 98; Bottoms, 2013, p 71. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |