Site NameWiniki Pocket
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleEastside Kriol
Present State/TerritoryNT
Colony/State/Territory at the timeSA
Police DistrictKatherine
Latitude-14.818
Longitude134.587
DateBetween 1 Jan 1903 and 31 Dec 1904
Attack TimeDay
VictimsColonists
Victim DescriptionsSettler(s)
Victims Killed8
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Attacker DescriptionsAboriginal
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportFoot
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedSpear(s), Club(s)
NarrativeSee 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.
SourcesUcko & Layton, 1999, p 235; Read & Read, 1991, pp 12-16. (Sources PDF)
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