Site NameTurtle Head Island, Cape York
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupYadhaigana
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police DistrictSomerset
Latitude-10.93
Longitude142.688
DateBetween 1 Sep 1867 and 31 Dec 1867
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed10
Victims Killed NotesM
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsAboriginal Assistant(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed NotesThe Aboriginal stockman was under magistrate Frank Jardine and acting on behalf of colonists.
TransportBoat
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s)
NarrativeAccording 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.
SourcesSharp, 1992, p 41; Bottoms, 2013, p 128. (Sources PDF)
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