Site Name | Euri Creek |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name | |
Language Group, Nation or People | Yuru |
Present State/Territory | QLD |
Colony/State/Territory at the time | QLD |
Police District | |
Latitude | -20.137 |
Longitude | 147.965 |
Date | Between 1 Jul 1866 and 31 Jul 1866 |
Attack Time | |
Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
Victim Descriptions | Aboriginal |
Victims Killed | 30 |
Victims Killed Notes | |
Attackers | Colonists |
Attacker Descriptions | Native Police |
Attackers Killed | 0 |
Attackers Killed Notes | |
Transport | Horse |
Motive | Opportunity |
Weapons Used | |
Narrative | Reported in the Wagga Wagga Express 25 August 1866: 'Only last week Mr Sub-Inspector (Reginald) Uhr dispersed a mob of over 200 encamped near Euri Creek. They were evidently bent on mischief of some sort from the number of spears they had made. Mr Uhr brought in between thirty and forty and destroyed about six times that number. They were also well supplied with green-hide, and evident proof that they had been already victimising some unfortunate cattle-owner. Natives from very distant tribes, both southward and westward, were noticed among them.' |
Sources | Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, August 25, 1866, p 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105997860. (Sources PDF) |
Corroboration Rating | * |