| Site Name | Galup - Lake Monger |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Whadjuk Noongar |
| Colony | SRC |
| Present State/Territory | WA |
| Police District | Perth |
| Latitude | -31.929 |
| Longitude | 115.826 |
| Date | Between 3 May 1830 and 5 May 1830 |
| Attack Time | day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victims Killed | 30 |
| Victims Killed Notes | 30-40 |
| Attackers | Colonisers |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | |
| Weapons Used | Muskets, Bayonets |
| Narrative | On the 18 May 1830 the commandant of the Swan River Colony’s 63rd regiment Frederick Irwin made it clear to his superiors that he had a ‘duty’ to make the local Whadjuk Noongars subservient to British authority. Two parties of colonists, one lead by Ensign Dale and the other by Irwin tracked down a group of over 40 Noongar people who were considered aggressive. After a twenty minute ‘parley’ an undetermined number of Noongar were killed and wounded. Another colonist wrote in a letter dated 14 July 1830 ‘The Natives – have been very troublesome in Perth since I wrote and in a skirmish with a strong party, who were evidently determined upon mischief – several of the detachment 63rd Regt were wounded with spears – the report says – (for it was impossible to ascertain the fact) that thirty or forty of the natives were kill’d or wounded. [Carter, 2005; 68-74] |
| Sources | Swan River Papers, HRA Series III Vol.vi:73; The Western Mail, 9 January, 1914: 38 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44879885/3479435; Carter 2005: 67-74. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
