Site NameMt Farquharson, Stone Range
Aboriginal Place Name
Language Group
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police DistrictPort Denison
Latitude-18.514
Longitude145.974
Date27 Mar 1873
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim DescriptionsAboriginal
Victims Killed35
Victims Killed Notesmen, women and children
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
TransportHorse
MotiveDispersal
Weapons UsedSnider(s)
NarrativeSub-Inspector Robert Arthur Johnstone, told settler James Cassady at Ingham in 1880 that he had 'shot as many as thirty-five in one camp' at Mt Farquharson (The Queenslander, October 23, 1880, p 530). According to historian Tim Bottoms, (2013, pp 114-115) Johnstone made a report to the Commissioner of Police on 31 March 1873, in which he said that on 27 March he had 'dispersed a large mob who had been at the Stone station [where Mt Farquharson is located] and returned to camp on 31 March' (Johnstone, cited in Bottoms, 2013, p 115).
SourcesThe Queenslander, October 23, 1880, p 530 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20336187; Bottoms, 2013, pp 114-115. (Sources PDF)
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