Site Name | Winiki Pocket |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Eastside Kriol |
Present State/Territory | NT |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | SA |
Police District | Katherine |
Latitude | -14.818 |
Longitude | 134.587 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1903 and 31 Dec 1904 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Colonists |
Victim Descriptions | Settler(s) |
Victims Killed | 8 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Attacker Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Foot |
Motive | Reprisal |
Weapons Used | Spear(s), Club(s) |
Narrative | See also the Hodgson Downs Station, Bailey Creek and, Minyerri massacres.
Read and Read (1991, pp 12-16) relate the story of how Waypuldanya took revenge on the white men who he believed to be involved in the massacre of Alawa people at Hodgson Downs Station at Bailey Creek, Minyerri. He and his younger brothers killed eight in an ambush and took their guns, horses, ammunition, packs and saddles. Other white stockmen found the bodies at Winiki but did not pursue Old Charlie because they knew he was now well armed. |
Sources | Ucko & Layton, 1999, p 235; Read & Read, 1991, pp 12-16. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |