| Site Name | Langhornes Ferry/Rufus River, Murray River (2) |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Erawirung |
| Present State/Territory | SA |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | SA |
| Police District | Adelaide |
| Latitude | -34.049 |
| Longitude | 141.279 |
| Date | Between 1 Jun 1840 and 30 Jun 1840 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | 6+ M |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Carbine(s), Pistol(s), Bayonet(s) |
| Narrative | On 12 July 1841 Matthew Moorhouse, Protector of the Aborigines in South Australia wrote that in June 1840, Aboriginal people at Langhorne's Ferry 'had been routed with great loss' by an unnamed overlanding party from Sydney (Burke, 2016, p158). |
| Sources | Moorhouse to Mundy, 12 July 1841, cited in Burke et al, 2016, p 158. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
