Site NameEuri Creek
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Place Name
Language Group, Nation or PeopleYuru
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police District
Latitude-20.137
Longitude147.965
DateBetween 1 Jul 1866 and 31 Jul 1866
Attack Time
VictimsAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed30
Victims Killed Notes
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveOpportunity
Weapons Used
NarrativeReported 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.'
SourcesWagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, August 25, 1866, p 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105997860. (Sources PDF)
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