Site Name | Willeroo (2) This massacre is part of a group of massacres |
Aboriginal Place Name | Unclear |
Language Group | Wardaman |
Present State/Territory | NT |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | SA |
Police District | Pine Creek |
Latitude | -15.285 |
Longitude | 131.58 |
Date | Between 1 Nov 1892 and 21 Nov 1892 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 30 |
Victims Killed Notes | Two mounted parties went in pursuit. |
Attackers | Colonisers |
Attacker Descriptions | Mounted Police, Stockmen/Drover(s) |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Reprisal |
Weapons Used | Firearm(s) |
Narrative | See also Willeroo #1. There were two reprisals, the first of which was perpetrated by Lindsay Crawford, a well-known station manager in the VRD region, on 20 October 1892. This was the second led by Mounted Constable Browne. Lewis (2004, p 243-244) noted: ‘Writing in 1895, Mounted Constable Willshire stated that, “They were tracked up by an avenging party, and sic transit gloria mundi!” ('Thus passes the glory of the world')’. |
Sources | Lewis, 2004; NTTG October 21, 1892 p 3 |
Corroboration Rating | *** |