| Site Name | Malay Bay |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | Bahasa |
| Present State/Territory | NT |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | SA |
| Police District | Port Darwin |
| Latitude | -11.429 |
| Longitude | 132.882 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1893 and 30 Jun 1893 |
| Attack Time | |
| Victims | Other |
| Victim Descriptions | Makassan |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | Macassans |
| Attackers | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Attacker Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | |
| Narrative | Two boat crews of Macassans (six in total) were killed at Malay Bay in 1893 because they had used ceremonial string to make nets, causing offence. A senior Iwaidja man, Wandy Wandy (or Wandiwandi), was found to have played a leading part in the massacre. He was arrested and taken to Darwin where he was convicted of murder. He was then transported to Malay Bay by Deputy Sheriff JAG Little, Inspector Foelsche, Prison Guard Loydon and Wandy Wandy's executioner. He was hanged on the evening of Tuesday 25 July 1893. This was intended by the SA government as a lesson to the tribe (NTTG, 11 Aug 1893, p 2). |
| Sources | Read & Read, 1991, pp 16-18; Habeas Corpus 2017: Appendix A: 23; NTTG, August 11, 1893 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3324801/826691; October 21, 1892, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3322640/826127; October 28, 1892, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3322681; January 15, 1904, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4315497 (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
