| Site Name | Turtle Head Island, Cape York |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Yadhaigana |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
| Police District | Somerset |
| Latitude | -10.93 |
| Longitude | 142.688 |
| Date | Between 1 Sep 1867 and 31 Dec 1867 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Aboriginal Assistant(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | The Aboriginal stockman was under magistrate Frank Jardine and acting on behalf of colonists. |
| Transport | Boat |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | According to separate accounts by Nonie Sharp (1992, p 41) and Tim Bottoms (2013, p128), in late 1867, magistrate Frank Jardine's Aboriginal stockman shot and killed 10 Yadhaigana people at Turtle Head Island, 20 kilometers south of Somerset, in reprisal for disturbing cattle. |
| Sources | Sharp, 1992, p 41; Bottoms, 2013, p 128. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
