| Site Name | Langhornes Ferry/Rufus River, Murray River (2) |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Erawirung |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Adelaide |
| Latitude | -34.049 |
| Longitude | 141.279 |
| Date | Between 1 Jun 1840 and 30 Jun 1840 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| 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 | ** |
