| Site Name | The 'Sapphire' massacre, Torres Strait |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Gudang? |
| Colony | QLD |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Police District | |
| Latitude | -10.924 |
| Longitude | 142.59 |
| Date | Between 1 Dec 1859 and 31 Dec 1859 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Colonisers |
| Victims Killed | 18 |
| Victims Killed Notes | MWC |
| Attackers | Aboriginal People |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | |
| Motive | |
| Weapons Used | spears, waddies |
| Narrative | 18 survivors of the shipwreck 'Sapphire' were slaughtered by Gudang warriors. |
| Sources | MBC March 27, 1860, p.2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3719258; Mullins 1995:22: Bottoms 2013:126. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
