| Site Name | Paddys Land, New England |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Baanbay |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | New England |
| Latitude | -30.067 |
| Longitude | 151.883 |
| Date | Between 1 Aug 1852 and 31 Aug 1852 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 10 |
| Victims Killed Notes | 'shot down as many as they could' |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s), Police |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Horse |
| Motive | Reprisal |
| Weapons Used | Carbine(s), Pistol(s), Sword(s) |
| Narrative | According to settler Joshua Scholes, after Baanbay warriors killed Mrs Sullivan, the wife of a shepherd, at Aberfoyle Station, Constable Michael Clogher from Kempsey Police Station and a party of armed settlers set off on horseback in pursuit. They followed Baanbay people to Paddys Land where they surrounded them 'and shot down as many as they could' (Uralla Times and District Advocate, 19 April 19, 1923, p 1). Clogher had a cavalry sword and was an excellent shot with pistols (Daily Examiner, October 28, 1942, p 1). There are various spellings of the name of the constable in the sources. Some use 'Clogher' while others use 'Clogger'. The name 'Constable Michael Cloggan' (Uralla Times and District Advocate, 19 April 19, 1923, p 1) appears to be a confusion of 'Clogher' with the name of the 'Coghlan' family in the area, and also the author of some of the anecdotes (Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate, 27/10/1939). |
| Sources | Uralla Times and District Advocate, April 19, 1923, p 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174406980; Don Dorrigo Gazette, October 27, 1939, p 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171867043, and August 3, 1945, p 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173132006 and September 25, 1953, p 9 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173137674; Daily Examiner, October 28, 1942, p 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194065802; Dungog Chronicle, June 7, 1932, p 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141145816; Clayton-Dixon 2019, p 95. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | *** |
