Site NameGlengyle station, Channel Country
This massacre is part of a group of massacres
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupPitta Pitta
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police DistrictBedourie
Latitude-24.777
Longitude139.133
DateBetween 1 Apr 1879 and 30 Apr 1879
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed40
Victims Killed NotesMen women and children - 'a large camp of niggers'
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police, Stockmen/Drover(s)
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveReprisal
Weapons UsedSnider(s)
NarrativeFollowing the Annandale station massacre of 5 March 1879, 'Sub-inspector Kaye afterwards patrolled up the Herbert to Glengyle, where he dispersed a large camp of niggers as punishment for the murder of a stockman named Scott, about a month previously.' (Queenslander, 1879, p 668).
SourcesQueenslander, The, 24 May 1879, p 668 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19780897; Bottoms, 2013, pp 71-72. (Sources PDF)
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