| Site Name | Kariyarri - Pilbara |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Ngarluma, Kariyarri |
| Present State/Territory | WA |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | WA |
| Police District | Pilbara Region |
| Latitude | -20.31 |
| Longitude | 118.601 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1899 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | |
| Victims Killed | 50 |
| Victims Killed Notes | 50-80 |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Pastoralist(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Rifle(s), Incineration |
| Narrative | '...three incidents were mentioned repeatedly, one involving a group of over fifty natives who were wiped out while fishing in a stream. In another, a much larger horde was driven into tidal swamps and shot, while a third group were rounded up by a large gathering of pastoralists out to avenge the spearing of a European from a desert station. The Aborigines were forced to build a large circular pyre upon which over 80 of them were burnt' (Wilson, 1961, p 61). |
| Sources | Wilson, 1961, p 61. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
