| Site Name | Planet Creek, Albinia Downs station |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Gayiri |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -24.45 |
| Longitude | 148.605 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1862 and 31 Dec 1862 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Men, women and children. |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Sword(s) |
| Narrative | According to former Native Police Commandant Frederick Walker, by then part-owner of the nearby Planet Downs station, in 1862 a detachment of native police led by Second-Lieutenant Alfred March Patrick drove off Gayiri people from Christopher Rolleston's station at Albinia Downs (Bottoms, 2013, p 49). 'Frederick Walker wrote to the Colonial Secretary stating that the "peace was broken by the Native Police under Mr Patrick, attacking and killing and wounding several of the friendly blacks at Mr Rolleston's station" ... There is no record of how many were killed or wounded, but the peace had been irretrievably broken' (Bottoms 2013 p. 49). |
| Sources | Bottoms, 2013, p 49. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
