| Site Name | Koonchera Waterhole (Clifton Hills) |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Wardumba |
| Present State/Territory | SA |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | SA |
| Police District | Innaminka |
| Latitude | -26.685 |
| Longitude | 139.504 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1899 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 40 |
| Victims Killed Notes | More than 40. |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Stockmen/Drover(s), Pastoralist(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s), Repeating Rifle(s) |
| Narrative | In the 1890s a punitive expedition of pastoralists and stockmen was undertaken in reprisal for Mindiri and Wardumba people killing bullocks. According to Wardumba man Ben Murray, who was told of the massacre by his uncle, Rib Bone Billy, the massacre was large scale. Linguist Luise Hercus recorded Ben Murray's account of the massacre in the 1960s and published in 1977 (Hercus, 1977, pp 56-62). |
| Sources | Hercus, 1977, pp 56-62. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
