Site NameNappamanna Station, near Pandie Pandie station
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleWanganuru
Present State/TerritorySA
Colony/State/Territory at the timeSA
Police District
Latitude-26.139
Longitude139.313
DateBetween 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1899
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed40
Victims Killed NotesMore than 40.
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsSettler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Repeating Rifle(s)
NarrativeThe massacre was in reprisal for the Wanganuru murder of a white man who had raped a Wanganuru woman (Hercus, 1977, p 56). The incident was the third massacre in the region told to linguist Luise Hercus in the 1960s by Wardumba man Ben Murray, a nephew of Rib Bone Billy who was alive at the time of the massacre (Hercus, 1977, p 56). Journalist George Farwell was also told of the massacre on his journey through the region in the 1940s (Farwell, 1950, pp 38-40).
SourcesHercus, 1977, p 56; Farwell, 1950, pp 38-40. (Sources PDF)
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