Site Name | Newry Station, Keep River, East Kimberley/ Northern Territory |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Mirrawong Gadjerong |
Present State/Territory | WA |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
Police District | East Kimberley |
Latitude | -15.069 |
Longitude | 129.141 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1899 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 40 |
Victims Killed Notes | 40 to 60 |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Revolver(s), Winchester(s) |
Narrative | Jack Sullivan explained: 'I lived on the Keep river, which goes right from the coast to Newry Station. There were all Gadjerong people along the coast until the white men shot them. Half of them died and some of the young men were brought into the stations to quieten them and to learn the horses, like me. All the Gadjerong people were taken out of their country or were put on the stations or were killed' (Shaw, 1983, p 35). |
Sources | Shaw, 1983, p 35; Owen, 2016, p 335. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |