| Site Name | Wave Hill Station |
| Aboriginal Place Name | Kalkarindji and Dagaragu |
| Language Group | Gurindji |
| Present State/Territory | NT |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NT |
| Police District | Timber Creek |
| Latitude | -17.473 |
| Longitude | 130.826 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1920 and 31 Dec 1922 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Warrior(s) |
| Victims Killed | 30 |
| Victims Killed Notes | More than 30. |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Stockmen/Drover(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
| Narrative | Read & Japaljarri (1978, p 147) note that Paddy Cahill's assistance was called ‘in about 1924 to deal with cattle killers. He shot over 30 bush people’. Given that Cahill died in 1923, it had to have been earlier. Paddy Cahill was the Manager of Oenpelli Station (and a Protector of Aborigines) and died on 4 Feb 1923 in Sydney (NTDB, Vol 1, p 49). His brother, Tommy Cahill, was Manager of Wave Hill Station from 1895-1905. As Lewis (2018, p 257-258) noted: ‘Relations between the settlers and the Aborigines were hostile from the beginning. Tom Cahill said that, “At first the natives were very wild and used to give us a lot of trouble, killing our cattle”’ (cited in SMH, February 19, 1921)." |
| Sources | Read & Japaljarri, 1978, p 147; Lewis, 2018, pp 257-258; Carment, et al (eds) NTDB, Vol 1, 1991; SMH February 19, 1921 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15959341. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
