Site Name | Linnekar Gorge (Turner Station) |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Kitja, Jaru |
Present State/Territory | WA |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
Police District | East Kimberley |
Latitude | -17.802 |
Longitude | 128.699 |
Date | Between 1 Jan 1896 and 31 Dec 1896 |
Attack Time | Day |
Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Victim Descriptions | |
Victims Killed | 10 |
Victims Killed Notes | 10-15 |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | Incineration |
Narrative | David Turner told Helen Ross about a massacre at Linnekar Gorge: 'Well, we got [story] some of them people got shot la Linnekar Gorge (On former Turner Station). Kartiya [white people] bin come there to shoot blackfellas for no reason. Gather all the blackfellas and tie em up with chains. Told em blackfellas to get all the wood. Stack em on the wood heap. With the chains - started shooting the blackfellas with the chains (still on). They had a bottle of kerosene and just pour em on and burn it up' (Turner cited Ross and Bray, 1989, p 19). |
Sources | Turner cited in Ross and Bray, 1989, p 19. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | ** |