| Site Name | Armstrong's Crossing, Blackfellows Creek, Lockyer Valley |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
| Language Group, Nation or People | |
| Present State/Territory | QLD |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Moreton Bay |
| Latitude | -27.725 |
| Longitude | 152.222 |
| Date | Between 1 Jan 1843 and 31 Dec 1843 |
| Attack Time | |
| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Soldier(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Muzzle Loading Rifle(s) |
| Narrative | 'In the 1840s when the teamsters used to go through from Moreton Bay to Toowoomba, the blacks were very troublesome along the route, and English soldiers (from the 99th Regiment) were stationed near Helidon for the protection of travellers. Once when a party Aboriginals was giving trouble, the soldiers attacked them and drove them across to the creek at Tent Hill, and beside a big water-hole near Armstrong's Crossing shot them all and left them lying there' (Queensland Times 26/11/1927, p 13). 'The Crossing was at Blackfellows Creek and Blackfellows Gully so named because of the great quantity of bones found there' (Gardner, 1854, vol 2, p 124). |
| Sources | Gardner, 1854, vol 2, p 124; Queensland Times, 26 November 1927, p 13 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117271639. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | ** |
