| Site Name | Fernmount, Bellinger River |
| Aboriginal Place Name | |
| Language Group | Gumbaynggirr |
| Present State/Territory | NSW |
| Colony/State/Territory at the time | NSW |
| Police District | Kempsey |
| Latitude | -30.47 |
| Longitude | 152.956 |
| Date | 7 Jun 1895 |
| Attack Time | Day |
| Victims | Aboriginal People |
| Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
| Victims Killed | 6 |
| Victims Killed Notes | poisoning of Tommy Doyle and 5 others, by drinking poison instead of rum. |
| Attackers | Colonists |
| Attacker Descriptions | Settler(s) |
| Attackers Killed | 0 |
| Attackers Killed Notes | |
| Transport | Foot |
| Motive | Opportunity |
| Weapons Used | Poison |
| Narrative | According to the National Advocate (Bathurst), 'the trial of John Frederick Kelly on a charge of having at [Fernmount] Fairmount, [on the Bellinger River, north coast NSW] on June 7, [1895] slain Tommy Doyle by giving him poison, was concluded on Friday afternoon. The Jury, after a short retirement, found the accused not guilty and he was discharged. Tommy Doyle was one of the half-dozen aborigines who died from drinking poison supplied to them for rum.' (National Advocate, August 5, 1895, p 3) This is one of the first cases of poisoning Aboriginal people in NSW with poisoned alcohol. |
| Sources | National Advocate, (Bathurst), August 5, 1895, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/156693795. (Sources PDF) |
| Corroboration Rating | * |
Colonial Frontier Massacres
in Australia, 1788-1930
