Timeline
Only sites for which there is good evidence are included. The estimates of the number of people massacred are conservative and include only those we can be reasonably sure were killed during the massacre or immediately afterwards. In some cases the actual deaths may have been many more. To understand how we have arrived at an estimated number killed in each massacre, please read the Introduction.
Australia includes at least 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations, many of which are represented on the AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia. The borders of the Australian colonies and administrative jurisdictions changed several times between 1788 and 1930. The changes had considerable impact on the way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities were treated and in particular their experiences of frontier massacre.
When the First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove in 1788, the British were pursuing the claim they made in 1770 to the entire eastern part of the Australian continent, then known as New Holland. The western boundary was marked by 135 degrees east of Greenwich which divided the entire continent in half. The northern and southern boundaries ranged from Cape York in the north to South Cape in the southern part of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) which was then believed to be part of the mainland. The entire region was named by the British, ‘New South Wales’.
In 1800 Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) was found to be a separate island and the British quickly established settlements in the northern and southern parts to forestall a possible French claim. In 1825, Van Diemen’s Land became a separate colony and in 1856 changed its name to Tasmania.
In 1826, the British established a settlement at King George Sound, now Albany and in 1828 took possession of the western part of the Australian continent in order to prevent a possible French claim. A year later they established the Swan River Colony at present day Perth and in 1848 it became known as the Colony of Western Australia. Unlike the other Australian colonies, which achieved responsible government in the 1850s, Western Australia remained a Crown Colony until 1890 and joined the other Australian colonies in federation in 1901.
In 1828, the western boundary of New South Wales was extended to 129 degrees east and in 1835, the new Colony of South Australia was formed by excising territory from the south western boundary of New South Wales and the south eastern boundary of Western Australia. It achieved responsible government in 1856 and in 1861 gained jurisdiction over the Northern Territory which was then part of New South Wales, only to relinquish it to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1911. Thus, as of 1788 the Northern Territory was under the jurisdiction of New South Wales 1788-1860; South Australia 1861-1911 and the Australian Commonwealth from 1912.
In 1836, the area of New South Wales south of the Murray River was proclaimed the Port Phillip District. It operated as a semi-autonomous jurisdiction until 1850 when it was formally separated from New South Wales and became the Colony of Victoria.
In 1859, the area north of the McIntyre and Dumaresq rivers and including the Torres Strait islands and the region east of present day Northern Territory were excised from New South Wales to form the Colony of Queensland.
In 1911, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) was excised from New South Wales.
NSW: | New South Wales |
VDL: | Van Diemen's Land |
PPD: | Port Phillip District |
VIC: | Victoria |
QLD: | Queensland |
SA: | South Australia |
WA: | Western Australia |
NT: | Northern Territory |
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Estimated Date | State/Territory | Location | Language Group | Estimated Victims Killed | Estimated Attackers Killed | Sources |
1 Sep 1794 | NSW | Hawkesbury (1) | Bediagal | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Fletcher [Collins] 1975, Vol.1, p 326; Turbet 2011, p 81; Gapps 2018, p.109. |
7 Jun 1795 | NSW | Hawkesbury (2) | Bediagal | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Collin in Fletcher 1975, p 348-9; Connor 2002, p 38. |
3 May 1804 | TAS | Risdon Cove, River Derwent | Big River [Leenowwine; Pangerninghe] | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Nicholls 1977, p 51; HRA III, I, pp 237-8; BPP 1831, pp 37, 51-54; Bonwick 1870, pp 32-36. |
27 Apr 1805 | NSW | Yarramundi, Hawkesbury River | Bediagal/Dharug | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser May 5, 1805 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/626753 and May 12, 1805 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6115. Gapps 2018, p 173. |
1 Mar 1806 | NSW | Twofold Bay, South Coast | Thawa or Djirringany | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser April 6, 1806, p 2 |
1 Nov 1815 to 30 Nov 1815 | TAS | Oyster Bay, East Coast | Oyster Bay | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Nicholls 1977, p 216; BPP 1831, p 50; West in Shaw 1971, p.265. |
17 Apr 1816 | NSW | Appin | Gundungurra | 14 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Wallis to Macquarie, May 4, June 4, 1816, in Connor 2002, p 51; Elder 2003, p 25. |
1 Oct 1818 | NSW | Minnamurra River, South Coast | Dharawal | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Depositions to the Sydney Bench, October 24, 1818; Report by Joseph Wild, District Constable at Illawarra; Elder 2003, p 25-6. |
1 Jan 1824 to 31 Dec 1824 | NSW | Telegraph Point, Wilson River | Biripi | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer, September 16, 1941, p.4 |
1 Jan 1824 to 31 Jul 1824 | NSW | Ballangarra, Wilson River | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | R. Wilson, 'Early Days of Port Macquarie', in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer, September 16, 1941, p 4 |
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1 Sep 1824 | NSW | Turon River | Wiradjuri | 45 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gunson 1974, p 48-9, 74n.43; Connor 2002, p 59-61. |
5 Sep 1824 to 10 Sep 1824 | NSW | Mudgee, Rylstone | Wiradjuri | 16 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | SG 16 September 1824, p 2 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/2183217; Connor 2002, p 61. |
1 Aug 1825 to 28 Feb 1826 | NSW | Blackmans Point, Port Macquarie | Biripi | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Henry Lewis Wilson, 'Early Days at Port Macquarie', 1889, np. |
15 Nov 1825 to 30 Nov 1825 | NSW | Garland Valley, Putty | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Cunningham, 1827 vol. II, pp 38-40; Milliss 1992, pp 54-5; Dunn 2020, pp 158-9. | |
14 Mar 1826 | TAS | Mayfield, Oyster Bay | Oyster Bay / Little Swanport | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, p 840; Bonwick 1870, p 117. |
1 Sep 1826 | NSW | Hunter Valley, The Bridgman Estate, Fal Brook | Wonnarua | 18 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Australian, September 16, 1826, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37072221, and September 23, 1826, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4248925; NSW Governors’ Despatches ML A1197, vol. 8, p 344; Dunn 2020, pp 167-171. |
15 Sep 1826 | TAS | Dairy Plains (2), Meander River | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HTG September 23, 1826 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679510 |
9 Dec 1826 | TAS | Bank Head Farm, Pittwater | Oyster Bay | 14 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/331, pp194-5; CTTA December 15, 1826 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2449083; HTG December 16, 1826; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679629 BPP 1831, p 49; Bridges 1948, p 69; Ryan 2012, p 87-9; Cox 2021, p. 90-101. |
22 Feb 1827 to 25 Feb 1827 | NSW | Paterson River, Hunter Valley | Wonnarua | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | The Australian, March 3, 1827, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-page4249109.pdf; The Monitor, March 9, 1827, p2 |
12 Apr 1827 | TAS | Mt Augusta, Ross | Oyster Bay | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HTG May 5,1827 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679817; CTTA May 4, 1827 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679292, CTTA May 11, 1827 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679295, CTTAMay 25, 1827 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679305; BPP 1831, p 48-9; George 2002, p 13; Ryan 2012, p 90. |
1 May 1827 to 15 May 1827 | TAS | Sally Peak (1) | Oyster Bay | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bonwick 1870, pp 98-99. |
26 Jun 1827 | TAS | Westmoreland Falls, Quamby Bluff | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, 15-37; CTTA, July 6, 1827 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679329; Breen 2001; Ryan 2008, pp 492-3; Plomley1996, p.219; 2008, p 254. |
27 Jun 1827 | TAS | Quamby Brook, Quamby Bluff (2) | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CTTA July 6, 1827, p4 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679329; TAHO CSO 1/316, pp 15-45; Plomley 2008, p 254; Breen 2001, p 27; Ryan, 2008, p 493. |
5 Jul 1827 | TAS | Quamby Bluff (3) | Pallittore | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Colonial Times, 6 July 1827; Plomley 1966, p.219; 2008, p.254. |
13 Jul 1827 | TAS | Quamby Bluff (4) | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, 15-37; Plomley 2008, p 254; Ryan 2008, p 491. |
30 Jul 1827 | NT | Raffles Bay | Iwaidja | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Mulvaney 1989, p.69; Roberts 2005, p 111-1. See also: HRA, III, Vol v, pp 816-20; HRA III, Vol vi, p 777 http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository>; Wilson 1968, p 148; Connor 2002, p 74; McKenna 2016, p 73; Powell 2016, p 90-91; The Colonist, August 4, 1838, p 5 |
1 Sep 1827 to 31 Oct 1827 | NSW | Yarramanbah, Qurindi, Liverpool Plains | Gamilaraay or Guyinbaraay | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Monitor, August 4, 1828, p 8 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31760465; Milliss 1992, p 78-82; SRNSW 4/1983, CSR 28/7772, Letters Received 1828; Dunn to McLeay, May 6, 1828; Sadlier to McLeay, September 19, 1828. |
1 Nov 1827 to 10 Nov 1827 | TAS | Blackman River:, intersection of Brumby Creek and Lake River | Big River | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Tasmanian November 16, 1827 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25173464; McKay 1962, p 74. |
1 Dec 1827 to 31 Dec 1827 | TAS | The Retreat, (Cheshunt) Dairy Plains, Meander River | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 19 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Plomley 2008, p 231; 1966, pp 197-8. |
1 Dec 1827 to 31 Dec 1827 | TAS | Dairy Plains, Meander River | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lennox 1990, p 170. |
1 Jan 1828 to 31 Dec 1828 | NSW | Mill Creek, 32 kms north of Stroud | Worimi | 11 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bennett 1964, p 12-13. |
1 Jan 1828 to 31 Jan 1828 | TAS | Cape Grim (1) | North West | 13 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO VDL 5/1 No. 2; Lee 1927, p 41; McFarlane 2003, p 277-298. |
10 Feb 1828 | TAS | Cape Grim (2) | North West | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/333, pp 116-117; Plomley 2008, pp 206-7, 212-4; TAHO VDL 5/1, pp 104-5; McFarlane 2003, pp 277-298. |
1 Mar 1828 to 31 Mar 1828 | TAS | Lagoon Lower Marshes near Jordan River | Big River | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/323, 113; HTC, March 15, 1828 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641575, March 22, 1828, pp 3 & 4 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641580; Plomley 1966, p.503; 2008, p 537. |
2 Apr 1828 | TAS | Elizabeth River, Eastern Tiers | Oyster Bay | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, p 137; HTC April 5, 1828 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/64; Melville 1835 in Mackaness 1965, pp.71-2. |
1 Jul 1828 to 30 Jul 1828 | TAS | Eastern Tiers | Oyster Bay / Big River | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/320, p 152-4; TAHO CSO 1/330, p 109. |
23 Oct 1828 | TAS | Cockatoo Valley, Hollow Tree | Oyster Bay | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Tasmanian, October 31, 1828 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25173660; HTC October 18http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4220434; November 1, 1828 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641811; Ryan 2012, pp 103-5. |
6 Dec 1828 | TAS | Tooms Lake, Eastern Tiers | Oyster Bay / Little Swanport | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/320, p 22; HTC December 13, 1828, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641858. |
1 Jan 1829 to 31 Dec 1829 | WA | Swan Valley | Whadjuk Noongar | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Berryman 2002, p 233; Carter 2005, p 78-80. |
1 Jan 1829 to 31 Jan 1829 | TAS | St Paul’s River, East Coast | Oyster Bay | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | LA February 9, 1829, p 2 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/8721080. |
1 Jan 1829 to 31 Jan 1829 | TAS | Break O'Day Plains | Oyster Bay | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | LA February 9, 1829 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/8721080. 'The Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land endeavouring to kill Mr John Allen in the District of of Great Swanport on the 14th December 1828', ML, SLNSW. |
18 Feb 1829 | TAS | West Tamar | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CT, February 27, 1829, p 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page666478; HTC February 28, 1829, p1-2 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641939. |
1 Mar 1829 to 5 Mar 1829 | TAS | Richmond, Coal River | Oyster Bay | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HTC March 7, 1829, p 1 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641947. |
12 Mar 1829 | TAS | Bullock Hunting Ground, East Tamar River | North Midlands | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Hobart Town Courier March 21, 1829, p.1. |
28 Mar 1829 | TAS | Jones River, near Miles Opening | Big River | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316: 232, 239. |
1 Jun 1829 to 30 Jun 1829 | TAS | Three Thumbs, Pittwater | Oyster Bay | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/321 1829: Jun 16; HTC June 20, 1829, p 2 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/642061. |
1 Sep 1829 | TAS | East of Ben Lomond | Ben Lomond | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Campbell 1987, p 31-2; CT, September 18, 1829 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/666596; TAHO CS0 1/330. |
1 Jan 1830 to 31 Dec 1830 | WA | Swan River Colony | Whadjuk | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | ‘Affray at the Swan River’, The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, London, 1830, p 805 |
10 Mar 1830 | TAS | Clyde and Ouse Rivers | Big River | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, p 189. |
1 Apr 1830 to 8 Apr 1830 | TAS | Upper Clyde River | Big River | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, p 189. |
18 Apr 1830 | TAS | Whitefoord Hills, Meander River | Port Sorell [Pallittore North] | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | TAHO CSO 1/316, p 489, 504. |
3 May 1830 to 5 May 1830 | WA | Galup, Lake Monger | Whadjuk Noongar | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Western Mail, March 20, 1914, p 52 |
22 Aug 1830 to 27 Aug 1830 | TAS | Clyde River | Big River | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CT, September 3, 1830 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/666800 |
1 Jul 1831 | QLD | Moreton Island | Guwar | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Evans 1999, p 65; Watkins 1892, p 43. |
22 Dec 1832 to 31 Dec 1832 | QLD | North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay | Noonucal | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Cluny, 12 Jan 1833 QSA CSL micro 8; Evans 1999, p 65. |
1 Apr 1833 to 1 Sep 1833 | WA | Perth Area | Whadjuk Noongar | 16 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Perth Gazette and West Australian Journal, September 7, 1833, p 142 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/641889/148 |
1 Jan 1834 to 31 Dec 1834 | NSW | Belbora, between Gloucester & Wingham | Binghi | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Wingham Chronicle, April 25, 1922, p. 2 |
1 Apr 1834 to 31 Aug 1834 | VIC | Convincing Ground, Portland Bay | Dhauwurd wurrung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark 1995, p 19; Connor 2005, 2010; Clark 2008b; Clark 2008c; Clark 2011. |
1 Aug 1834 to 31 Aug 1834 | QLD | Badu Island, Torres Strait | 11 (Colonisers) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | McInnes 1983, p 21-50; Mullins 1994, p 22-3; The Sydney Herald October 27, 1836 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12862565; and http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12862560. | |
28 Oct 1834 | WA | Pinjarra | Pinjarup Noongar | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Owen 2016; Stirling, CSO No 14 to Stanley, 1 November 1834, CO 18/14 f134; Grose, 1927; Green, 1981; Contos, 1998; Hunt, 1978, Harris, 2003; Green, 2003. See Also: Perth Gazette and West Australian Journal, November 1, 1834, p 382 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/641213/402; Large stone monument, Battle of Pinjarra Memorial Park, McLarty Road, Pinjarra, 6208. |
1 Jan 1835 to 31 Dec 1835 | NSW | Waterloo Plains, Namoi R. Liverpool Plains Pastoral District | Gamilaraay or Nganyaywana | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Calvert 1845; Reece 1974, p 28-9. |
1 Jan 1835 to 31 Dec 1835 | NSW | Mt McKenzie, Barrington Tops | Binghi | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Blomfield, 1981, p 121-2; Wingham Chronicle, April 25, 1922, p 2; Newcastle Morning Herald, July 25, 1964. |
1 Jan 1836 to 31 Dec 1836 | NSW | Dora Dora Station, Table Top Mountain, Murray River | Wiradjuri | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Smethwick 2003, p 2; Schneider 2016, p 29. |
27 May 1836 | NSW | Mt Dispersion, Murray River | Kureinji or Dadi Dadi | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Australian, November 8, 1836 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4258629; Mitchell 1839 vol. II, pp 101-2; HRA, I, xviii, p 590-1 |
1 Jun 1836 to 31 Jul 1836 | NSW | Barraba, Liverpool Plains | Gamilaraay | 80 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | BPP 1839, vol. 34, Paper 526; Gunson 1974, pp 138, 275-6. |
16 Jul 1836 | VIC | Mt Cottrell, Werribee | Wathawurrung | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | Cannon & McFarlane 1982, p 41-52; Cornwall Chronicle July 30, 1836, p 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65954557; Sayers, 1983, p.88; Boyce 2011, p 105-9; Rogers, et.al., 2016, p 89-90 & 92-4. |
10 Jan 1837 to 28 Jul 1837 | WA | Cattle Chosen, Busselton (1) | Wardandi | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Allbrook, 2014, https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13wwvzc.10; Jennings, 1983; Shann, 1978 |
1 May 1837 to 31 May 1837 | WA | York | Ballardong Noongar | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Swan River Guardian, November 16, 1837, p 248 |
1 Jul 1837 to 31 Jul 1837 | WA | York/Northam | Whadjuk, Ballardong | 18 (Aboriginal People) | 3 (Colonisers) | Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, July 22, 1837, p 941 |
30 Jul 1837 | WA | Cattle Chosen, Busselton (2) | Wardandi | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Allbrook, 2014 |
1 Nov 1837 to 30 Nov 1837 | NSW | Gravesend Mountain, Liverpool Plains Pastoral District | Gamilaraay | 200 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gunson, 1974, vol.1, p. 145; Milliss 1992, p 159. |
1 Nov 1837 to 30 Nov 1837 | VIC | Mundy, Pyalong Station, Goulburn River | Taungurung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bassett 1989, p 26; Broome 2005, p 79. |
1 Jan 1838 to 31 Dec 1838 | NSW | Woodford Island | Bandjalung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Hoff, 2006, Bandjalung Jugun Bandjalung Country, Lismore, Richmond River Historical Society, p 260. |
26 Jan 1838 | NSW | Waterloo Creek, Jews Lagoon | Gamilaraay | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gunson 1974, p 276; BPP 1839, vol. 34, Paper 526; HRA, I, XX, 244-57 |
12 Apr 1838 | VIC | Faithfull Massacre, Benalla | Taungurung | 8 (Colonisers) | 1 (Aboriginal People) | Cannon 1982, p 312-334; Bride 1983, p 217-9; Atkinson & Aveling 1987, p 45-54; Bassett 1989, p 18-34; Russell 2002, p 47-8, 53-4; Argus September 13, 1883, p 9 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11828136. |
1 May 1838 | NSW | Slaughterhouse Creek, Gwydir River | Gamilaraay | 300 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Milliss 1992, pp 200-3. |
1 Jun 1838 to 31 Aug 1838 | VIC | Darlington Station | Djadjawurrung | 13 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1995, p 89. |
9 Jun 1838 | VIC | Barfold Station, Coliban River, Campaspe Plains | Djadjawurrung or Ngurai-illamwurrung | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Cannon & Macfarlane, 1982, pp 336-40; See also: Clark ID 1995, p 98. |
10 Jun 1838 | NSW | Myall Creek | Gamilaraay or Yugambul | 28 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HRA, I, xix, p 701-7 |
1 Jul 1838 to 31 Jul 1838 | VIC | Mount Mitchell | Djadjawurrung | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lang 1847, p 132; Clark ID 1995, p 89-90. |
1 Aug 1838 to 31 Aug 1838 | NSW | Ardgowan Island, Gwydir River, Liverpool Plains P D | Wiriyaraay or Gamilaraay or Yugambul | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Milliss 1992, p 580-1, 678. |
1 Oct 1838 to 31 Oct 1838 | VIC | Murdering Flat | Wulluwurrung or Nundadjali | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bassett 1954, p.406, 444-5; Massola 1969, p 44-5; Cannon & McFarlane 1983, p 627-637; Clark ID 1995, p 26-8. |
1 Feb 1839 to 28 Feb 1839 | VIC | Maiden Hills | Djadjawurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Orton Journal, 1840-42, 12 Jan 1841, cited in Clark 1995, pp 89-90; Cannon and Macfarlane 1983, p 642-3; Clark ID 1995, p 89-90; 92-3; Clark, 1998, p 192 (Robinson Journals). |
1 Mar 1839 to 31 Mar 1839 | NSW | Junction Island, Murray River | Tati tati | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Southern Australian, April 24, 1839, p 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71685226; South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register, April 27, 1839, p 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31750562 |
1 Jun 1839 to 15 Jun 1839 | VIC | Rochester, Campaspe Plains | Djadjawurrung | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | Randell 1982, pp 288-99; Sayers, [1898], 1983, pp 246-9; Cannon& McFarlane 1983, pp 668-674; Clark ID 1995, pp 94-96; Shaw 1996, p 134. |
1 Aug 1839 to 31 Aug 1839 | NSW | Gum Creek Lagoon, Murrumbidgee River | Wiradjuri | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Byrne 1848, vol 2, pp 230-2. |
1 Oct 1839 to 31 Oct 1839 | VIC | Mt Emu Creek | Djargurd Wurrung or Keeray- Woorroong or Wirngilgnad dhalinanong | 35 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Kiddle 1961, p 122; Shaw 1969, p 27; Clark ID 1995, p 105-118. |
11 Nov 1839 | NSW | Murray River North Bank | Tati tati | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Buchanan 1922-3, p72. |
1 Dec 1839 to 31 Jan 1840 | VIC | Blood Hole | Djadjawurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Massola 1969, p 88; Clark ID 1995, p 97. |
1 Dec 1839 to 31 Dec 1839 | SA | Langhorne's Ferry/Rufus River, Murray River (1) | Maraura | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Moorhouse to Mundy, 12 July 1841, cited in Burke et al. 2016:158. |
1 Jan 1840 to 28 Feb 1840 | VIC | Tahara Station | Wulluwurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Orton 1840-2; Clark ID 1995, p 25. |
1 Jan 1840 to 31 Dec 1840 | VIC | LaTrobe Valley | unknown | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | Bride [1898] 1983, p 359; Gunson 1968, p 8. |
8 Mar 1840 | VIC | Fighting Hills | Nundadjali | 41 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Orton Papers 1840-2, ML A1715; Robertson to La Trobe 26 Sept 1853, in Sayers 1983, p 164; Critchett 1990, p 127; Clark ID 1995, p 145-151. |
1 Apr 1840 | VIC | Fighting Waterholes | Wulluwurrung or Nundadjali | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark 1995, p 152-5; Trangmar, 1956, p 8. |
20 May 1840 to 31 May 1840 | NSW | Kunderang Brook Upper Macleay River Valley | Dhanggati | 24 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | SH June 10, 1840 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1523969; Henderson 1851, Vol. 2, p, 5; Frost 1992, p 34. |
1 Jun 1840 to 30 Jun 1840 | VIC | Mustons Station | Djabwurrung or Gai wurrung | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1995, p 66; Clark ID 1998b, p 284; 305; Critchett 1990, p 124-5. See also: Christie, 1979, p 61-2. |
1 Jun 1840 to 30 Jun 1840 | SA | Langhornes Ferry/Rufus River, Murray River (2) | Erawirung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Moorhouse to Mundy, 12 July 1841, cited in Burke et.al. 2016: 158. |
11 Jun 1840 | VIC | Mount Rouse | Djab wurrung or Gai wurrung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HRA, I, xxi, 242; Clark 1995, pp 62-3,156; Clark 1998b, pp 160-62; Shaw, 1989, p 150. |
1 Jul 1840 to 14 Jul 1840 | SA | 'Maria' massacre, Coorong | Milmenrua | 26 (Colonisers) | 6 (Aboriginal People) | SA Register, August 1http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441699; August 15http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441755; September 12 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441838, September 19 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441856, 1840; News (Adelaide), February 21, 1942, p 5 |
12 Aug 1840 to 20 Aug 1840 | VIC | Victoria Valley | Djabwurrung | 23 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1995, pp 156-8; Orton 12 January 1841; 1840-2.
See also: Shaw, 1996. p 130; HRA Series I vol 21, p242 |
1 Oct 1840 to 31 Oct 1840 | VIC | Boney Point, Gippsland | Gunnai or Tatungalung or Braiakaulung | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Pepper and de Araugo 1985, p 18; Sayers 1983, p 218; Gardner 2001, p 44-9 See also: SH December 28, 1840, p 2 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/3923508; . |
1 Nov 1840 to 30 Nov 1840 | VIC | Connell's Ford | Nundadjali or Wulluwwurrung | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | G A Robinson Papers, Vol. 54 ML A7052; Trangmar 1960, p 5; Clark 1998b, p 249-50. See also: Shaw, 1996, pp 130-1; Clark 1995, pp 28-29, 33. |
1 Nov 1840 to 30 Nov 1840 | VIC | Burrumbeep | Pirtpirtwurrung | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1995, p 73, 77; Clark ID 1998b, pp 335-336. |
1 Jan 1841 to 31 Dec 1841 | VIC | Butchers Creek, Gippsland | Tatungalung | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner 2001, p 49-52; Gardner 2010, p 3, 9 |
1 Jan 1841 to 31 Dec 1841 | NSW | Tyndale, Clarence River | Bundjalung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Mc Swan and Switzer 2006, p.17 |
1 Jan 1841 to 31 Dec 1841 | NSW | Butcher's Creek, Barwon River | Pooncarie/Parkantyi | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | Dargin 1976, pp 51-2; Thomas 2012, pp 382-6. |
1 Jan 1841 to 31 Dec 1841 | NSW | Black Camp Creek, (Spring Gully Creek), Williams River | Worimi | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | Ford 1995, p 128. |
1 Jan 1841 to 31 Dec 1841 | NSW | Red Rock | Gumbaynggirr | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Sydney Herald, July 19, 1841, p 2 |
27 Feb 1841 to 10 Mar 1841 | WA | Wonnerup 'Minninup' | Wardandi Noongar | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Perth Gazette, March 13, 1841, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/642768; Kimberly 1897, p 116; White, 2017, |
1 Apr 1841 to 30 Apr 1841 | NSW | Orara River, near Seelands | Bundjalung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Kent, 2006, p 36-41. |
1 May 1841 to 31 May 1841 | NSW | Darkie Point, Bellinger River | Baanbay | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Eldershaw 1854, pp 63-74; Blomfield 1981, pp 85-91; Elder 2003, pp 105-117. |
1 May 1841 to 31 May 1841 | SA | Hornet's Nest, 68 kms east of Lake Bonney, Murray River | Ngintait | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Burke et al 2016:152-179 |
13 May 1841 | NSW | Rufus River | Marawara | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Burke et al 2016, pp. 151-2. |
1 Jun 1841 to 30 Jun 1841 | VIC | Mount Sturgeon Station | Djabwurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1998b, pp 305-6. |
1 Jun 1841 to 25 Jul 1841 | VIC | Woodlands | Knenknenwurrung | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Shaw 1996, pp 130, 134; Critchett 1990, p 248. |
1 Jun 1841 to 10 Jun 1841 | NSW | Bellinger River | Bundjalung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Sydney Herald, July 19, 1841, 2.
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27 Aug 1841 | NSW | Lake Victoria, Rufus River | Maraura | 21 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Burke et al, 2016, pp145-179. |
1 Oct 1841 | QLD | Grantham, Moreton Bay Pastoral District | Yugara or Giabal | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Evans 2007, p 53; A. Hodgson, Report on Aboriginal Outrage, October 27, 1841, SRNSW Col. Sec. 41/9744, CSL micro 12; Moreton Bay Book of Trials, January 13, 1842, OML. |
1 Oct 1841 to 31 Oct 1841 | NSW | Bogan River beyond Mt Harris | Ngiyampaa | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 3 (Colonisers) | SMH August 24, 1842 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/3858885; See also: Mitchell 1848, p 30; Reece 1974, p 51; Muir 2014, p 39. |
1 Dec 1841 to 28 Feb 1842 | VIC | King River, above Oxley Plains (Wangaratta) | 200 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Sayers, 1969, p 220-1; Argus, September 13, 1883, p 9 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11828136 | |
1 Feb 1842 to 28 Feb 1842 | VIC | Tarrone Station | Koornkopanoot or Bi:gwurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1995, p 43-5; Clark 1998c, p 89. |
1 Feb 1842 | QLD | Kilcoy | Giggarbarah, Woongunbarah and other groups in transit | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lang 1847, p 279; Qld Parlt Legislative Assembly, 1861(a), p19 - Select Ctee in to the Native Police; Queenslander, May 21, 1892, p 987, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19824074; SMH, December 5, 1842 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12426931. |
24 Feb 1842 | VIC | Lubra Creek, Caramut Station | Gai wurrung or Djabwurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark, ID 1995, p 35-42; Clark, 1998c, p171 (Robinson Journal, 12 May 1843); Christie, 1979, p.50.
See also: BPP 1844, p 234; Thomas Papers, ML Item 21; Robinson Papers, vol. 57, p 46, ms ML A 7078; Critchett 1990, pp 118-119, 250; Port Phillip Gazette, August 2, 1843 |
7 Aug 1842 to 18 Aug 1842 | VIC | Eumerella | Tatungalung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | BPP 1844, p 234; Critchett 1990, p 107-8, 250. |
1 Sep 1842 to 30 Sep 1842 | NSW | Gordon Brook Station, Clarence River | Bundjalung | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 1842, p.2;14 December 1842, p.3. |
11 Sep 1842 | NSW | Deepwater (1), New England Pastoral District | Guyambal or Ngarabul or Marbal | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Irby 1908, pp 60-63. |
1 Oct 1842 to 31 Dec 1842 | QLD | Yandilla station, Darling Downs Pastoral District | Bigambul? | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | French 1989, p 102-3; Russell 1888, p 238-9, 348. |
1 Dec 1842 to 31 Dec 1842 | VIC | Hollands Landing, Gippsland | Tatungalung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner, 2016; Dunderdale, 1973 |
1 Jan 1843 to 31 Dec 1843 | NSW | Goanna Headland, Evans Head | Bundjalung | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Medcalf 1993, p 5-7. |
1 Jan 1843 to 31 Dec 1843 | QLD | Armstrong's Crossing, Blackfellows Creek, Lockyer Valley | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Other) | Gardner 1854: vol. 2: p.124; Queensland Times, 26 November 1927: 13 |
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12 Jan 1843 to 31 Dec 1843 | NSW | Sheep Station Bluff Upper McLeay River | Dhanggati | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Blomfield 1981, p 40-41. |
1 Feb 1843 | VIC | Barmah Lake | Banderang (Pangerang) | 26 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Curr 1965 [1883], p 93; Clark 1998d, p 2. |
1 Jul 1843 to 31 Jul 1843 | VIC | Warrigal Creek Waterhole, Gippsland | Brataualung | 75 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner 2001, p 53-61; Pepper and de Araugo 1985, p 24; Cannon 1990, p 171; Shaw 1996, p 133; Bartrop 2004, p 199-205; Dunderdale: 1973, p 225. |
1 Jul 1843 to 31 Jul 1843 | VIC | Warrigal Creek Mouth | Brataualung | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner 2001, p 47-61. See also Pepper and de Araugo 1985, p 24; Cannon 1990, p 171; Bartrop 2004, p 199-206. |
15 Jul 1843 to 31 Jul 1843 | VIC | Freshwater Creek, Gippsland | Brataualung | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner 2001, p 47-61. See also: Pepper and de Araugo 1985, p 24; Cannon 1990, p 171; Shaw 1996, p 133; Bartrop 2004, p 199-205. |
15 Jul 1843 to 31 Jul 1843 | VIC | Gammon Creek, Gippsland | Brataualung | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner 2001, p 47-61. See also Pepper and de Araugo 1985, p 24; Cannon 1990, p 171; Shaw 1996, p 133; Bartrop 2004, p 199-205. |
30 Jul 1843 | QLD | Mt Haldon, Darling Downs Pastoral District | Yugara | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | French 1989, p 104; Rolleston to Col Sec, August 15, October 12, 1843, CCL Correspondence 1843, SRNSW, 4/2601 |
6 Aug 1843 | VIC | Victoria Range | Djabwurrung or Nundadjali | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Port Phillip Gazette August 26, 1843, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/23203900; Thomas Papers, report 1 September – 1 December 1843; Clark 1995, p 160-1. |
1 Sep 1843 to 10 Sep 1843 | VIC | Fitzroy River | Dhauwurd wurrung | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Shaw 1996, p 132; Critchett 1990, p 252. |
1 Sep 1843 to 30 Sep 1843 | VIC | Crawford River | Dhauwurd wurrung or Wulluwurrung | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Critchett 1990, p 252; Clark 1995, p 46-7; Shaw 1996, p 132. |
1 Sep 1843 to 31 Oct 1843 | QLD | Rosewood Scrub | Yugara or Garumngar | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | SMH October 12, 1843, p 3 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1520833; Copland et al. 2006, pp. 25-6. |
1 Nov 1843 to 30 Nov 1843 | VIC | Clunie, Glenelg River | Nundadjali or Mardidjali | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Official List of Aborigines Killed, 1836-1844, NSW Legislative Council, 'Votes & Proceedings', 1844, vol.1, pp.718-19; Critchett 1990, p 253; Cannon 1990, p.122; Shaw 1996, p 132. |
1 Nov 1843 to 1 Jun 1844 | VIC | Tambo Crossing | Tatungalung or Brabralung | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Mackaness 1941, p 13; Gardner 1996, p 40-51; Clark 1998d, p 102 (Robinson Journal,15 June 1844). |
1 Jan 1844 to 31 Dec 1847 | QLD | Crampton’s Corner, Maranoa Pastoral District | Gawambaraay or Bigambul? | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Copland 1990, pp 17-19; Gunn nd: Letter ‘Goondiwindi and District file’ Royal Queensland Historical Society; Browne 1922, pp 22-4 |
17 Oct 1844 | NSW | Bluff Rock New England Pastoral District | Marbal or Ngarbal | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Irby 1908, p 77-80, 88-90; Schlunke 2005, pp 59-60; Walker, 1966, p 30. |
1 Jan 1845 to 31 Dec 1845 | QLD | Darkey Flat, Southern Darling Downs | Geynyan? | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Hall, 1925, pp 103-4; French, 1989, p 99. |
1 Jan 1845 to 31 Dec 1845 | NSW | Upper Macleay River | Dhanggati | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | McMaugh, nd: 6; Blomfield, 1981, p 36-8. |
1 Mar 1845 | NSW | Deepwater (2), New England Pastoral District | Guyambal or Ngarabul or Marbal | 16 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Walker 1966, p 30; Reece 1974, p 187. |
1 Jul 1845 to 31 Jul 1845 | VIC | Mt Arapiles / Dyurrite | Mardidjali | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Critchett 1990, p 254. |
2 Jul 1845 | SA | Naracoorte Caves | Buandig | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Critchett 1990: 254; Cannon 1990: 154-5. |
1 Sep 1845 to 30 Sep 1845 | NSW | Mount Foster, Wellington Pastoral District | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HRA, I, xxv, pp 8-10 |
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1 Jan 1846 to 31 Dec 1846 | NSW | Junction of Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers | Dadi Dadi or Weki Weki | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Collins 2002, p 48-9 |
1 Aug 1846 to 2 Aug 1846 | VIC | Aire River Estuary, Cape Otway | Gadubanud | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Geelong Advertiser and Squatter's Advocate, August 8, 1846, p 2 |
1 Oct 1846 to 10 Oct 1846 | NSW | Dourallie Creek, Upper Macleay River Valley | Dhanggati | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | SMH October 20, 1846, p 2 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12901989; Blomfield 1981, pp 46-7. |
16 Dec 1846 | VIC | Snowy River | Tatungalung or Krauatungulung | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Fels 1988, p 188-192; Shaw 1996, p 133. |
10 Apr 1847 to 20 Apr 1847 | QLD | Whiteside Station, Pine River, Moreton Bay Pastoral District | Buyibara or Yugarabul | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | MBC Apr 24, 1847, p 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3716282; The Australian Apr 13, 1847, p 3 |
1 Jul 1847 to 31 Jul 1847 | VIC | Mt Napier | Wulluwurrung or Djabwurrung or Gai wurrung | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bonwick 1970b, p.170-1; Broughton 1980, p.32;, Clark ID 1995, p 82. |
12 Sep 1847 to 30 Sep 1847 | QLD | Boonall Station, MacIntyre River region | Bigambul or Gawambaraay | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bligh, CCL, Gwydir to CCCL, 10 Jan 1849; SRNSW, 2/7634; Watts 1901, p 20; Webb 1922, pp 7-12; Milliss, 1980, p 39; Copland 1990, pp 52-4. |
1 Oct 1847 to 31 Oct 1847 | QLD | Callandoon Station, MacIntyre River | Gungabula | 47 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Tonge n.d., pp 22-4; Copland 2001, p 85; Richards 2008, pp 65-6; SMH October 15, 1847 |
29 Nov 1847 | NSW | Kangaroo Creek, Clarence Pastoral District | Gumbaynggnir | 23 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | HRA I, xxvi, p 392, 396 |
1 Jan 1848 to 31 Dec 1848 | QLD | Warroo, Maranoa Pastoral District | Bigambul from north of the Macintyre | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Telfer 1980, p 17-8, 71; Collins 2002, p 18-22; |
1 Jan 1848 to 31 Dec 1848 | QLD | Burgurrah Station, Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji or Bigambul or Wirray Wirray or Kogai | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Telfer 1980, p 70; Collins 2002, p 18. |
1 Jun 1848 to 30 Jun 1848 | VIC | Beveridge Island | Wemba Wemba or Wadi Wadi | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Cannon 1990, p 230-231. |
1 Sep 1848 to 30 Sep 1848 | SA | Avenue Range station, near Guichen Bay | Wattatonga | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Foster and Nettelbeck 2001:78-80; Foster 2009: 1-15. |
1 Oct 1848 to 31 Oct 1848 | QLD | Muckadilla Creek Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | MacPherson 1879, p 14; Collins 2002, p 27. |
23 Apr 1849 | QLD | Yamboucal Station (1), Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Telfer 1980, p.43; Collins 2002, p 36-7. |
1 May 1849 to 31 May 1849 | QLD | Carbucky Station | Wiriyaraay or Gawambaraay | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Skinner 1975, pp 29-31; NSWLC V&P 1858 vol. 2. pp 880; Copland 1990, p 111; Collins 2002, p 63. |
1 May 1849 to 31 May 1849 | QLD | Severn (Dumaresq) River | Marbal or Guyambul | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Skinner 1975, pp 30-31. |
1 May 1849 | SA | Yeelanna, Eyre Peninsula | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Foster et al., 2001, p.83. | |
17 May 1849 | SA | Waterloo Bay, Elliston, Eyre Peninsula | Wirangu | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Foster et.al. 2001, p 44-73. See also: Burgoyne 2000, p. 114; Gage, 2017 |
1 Jun 1849 to 31 Jul 1849 | QLD | ‘The Cedars’, Burnett River | Taribelang | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lack 1967, np |
1 Jun 1849 to 30 Jun 1849 | QLD | Umbercollie Station, MacIntyre River | Bigambul | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Tonge, (ML); Copland 1990, p 52-77; Goodall 1999, p 260-279. |
20 Jul 1849 to 31 Jul 1849 | QLD | Talavera Station, Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji or Bigambul or Wirray Wirray or Kogai | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Telfer 1980, p 42; Collins 2002, pp 20, 42-3. |
1 Jan 1850 to 31 Dec 1850 | VIC | The Slaughterhouse | Tatungalung or Brabralung | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gardner 2001, p 76-82, 84-5; Broome 2005, p 81. |
1 Jan 1850 to 31 Dec 1850 | VIC | Milly, Brodribb River | Krauatungulung | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Pepper and De Araugo 1985, pp 99-101; Gardner 2001, pp 82-5; Broome 2005, p 81. |
1 Jan 1850 to 12 Jan 1855 | VIC | Murderers Flat, Darlot's Creek, Lake Condah Mission | Dhauwurd wurrung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clark ID 1995, p 52. |
4 Mar 1850 | QLD | Yuleba Creek, Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji or Barunggam | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | MBC, April 6, 1850, p 2 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3712394; MMHRGA, June 26, 1850, p 3 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/126527; Collins 2002, pp 92-101; Copland et al. 2006, p 62. |
1 Oct 1850 to 31 Oct 1850 | QLD | Ukabulla Station (1), Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji or Barunggam | 13 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Collins 2002, p 203. |
24 Dec 1851 to 3 Jan 1852 | QLD | Fraser Island | [Butchulla] or a collection of clans that had sought refuge on the island | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lauer 1977; SMH, January 22, 1852 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1509723. |
17 Mar 1852 | SA | Brachina Gorge Flinders Ranges | Yura - Adnyamathanha | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Foster and Nettelbeck 2001, p 94-105. |
5 May 1852 to 8 May 1852 | QLD | Yamboucal (2), Maranoa Pastoral District | Mandandanji | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Collins 2002: 164-179 |
1 Aug 1852 to 31 Aug 1852 | NSW | Darkie Point, Ebor | Baanbay | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clayton-Dixon 2019. |
1 Aug 1852 to 31 Aug 1852 | NSW | Paddys Land, New England | Anaiwan | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Uralla Times and District Advocate, 19 April 19, 1923, p 1 |
20 Sep 1852 to 30 Sep 1852 | QLD | Moonie Station, Maranoa Pastoral District | Bigambul (Balonne Aborigines) | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Collins 2002, pp 198-9. |
1 Nov 1852 to 30 Nov 1852 | QLD | Ukabulla Station, Maranoa Pastoral District (2) | Mandandanji | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Skinner 1975, p 96-7; Collins 2002, p 203-5. |
31 Dec 1853 to 31 Jan 1854 | NSW | Angel's Beach, East Ballina, Richmond PD | Bundjalung | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Ainsworth 1987, p 45-6. |
1 Jan 1854 to 31 Dec 1854 | NSW | Murdering Island, Narrandera | Wiradjuri | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Labor Daily, January 1, 1926, p 8 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/18215858; The Courier, 25 November, 1861, p 3 |
1 Nov 1857 to 23 Nov 1857 | QLD | Hornet Bank aftermath (1) | Yiman | 80 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | George Lang to GS Lang, 31/03/1858, ML A63; Davies 1958, pp 36-9; Richards 2008, pp 23, 63-4. |
1 Dec 1857 to 31 Dec 1857 | QLD | Hornet Bank aftermath (2) | Yiman | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, p 64. |
1 Apr 1858 to 30 Apr 1858 | QLD | Hornet Bank aftermath (3) | Yiman | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, pp 63-4. |
1 Jan 1859 to 24 Feb 1859 | NSW | Brewarinna Fish Traps, Barwon River (1) | Pooncarie/Parkantyi | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Dargin 1976, pp 54-5; Maryborough Chronicle: Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, May 9, 1876, p 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148509158 |
1 Nov 1859 to 30 Nov 1859 | QLD | Fitzroy River (2) | Karunbara or Rakiwara or Bayali | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | QSA COL/A26/1860/79. |
1 Dec 1859 to 31 Dec 1859 | QLD | The 'Sapphire', Torres Strait | Gudang? | 18 (Colonisers) | 1 (Aboriginal People) | MBC March 24, 1860, p.2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/13060056, and 11 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1484054, and 12 -http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1484062 1861; Carment 1980, pp 49-55; Reid 1980-1, pp 62-82; Perrin 1998, pp 84-104. See also, the 'Star' (Ballarat) , 20 November 1861, 'Supplement'; 'The Courier' (Brisbane), 20 December 1861, p.5 and 16 January 1862; 'Rockhampton Bulletin', 4 January 1862, p.2; 'Queensland Times' 28 Jan 1862, p.3. |
19 Oct 1861 | QLD | Upper Maranoa | Gungabula | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Collins 2002, p 213. |
25 Oct 1861 | QLD | Nogoa River | Gayiri | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Reid 1980-1, pp 62-82; Bowen to Newcastle, 16 Dec. 1861, QSA Gov/23 |
26 Nov 1861 | QLD | Expedition Range | Mandalgu | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | QSA COL/A26/1862/823; SMHDecember 10, 1861, p. 5 |
1 Dec 1861 | QLD | Leichhardt River | Ngawun | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Argus, April 16, 1862, p 7 |
10 Dec 1861 | QLD | Dawson River | Mandalgu | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | QSA COL/A26/1862/823 |
1 Jan 1862 to 31 Dec 1862 | QLD | Planet Creek, Albinia Downs station, 100 kms south east of Springsure | Gayiri | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, p 49. |
1 Feb 1862 to 30 Apr 1862 | QLD | Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast | Gubbi Gubbi | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Gibbons 2014, pp 142-7; 282. |
1 Aug 1862 to 31 Aug 1862 | QLD | Caboolture River | Buyibara | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Courier October 4, 1862, p2 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/47987 |
1 Sep 1862 to 30 Sep 1862 | QLD | Pigeon Creek station, tributary of the Warrego River | 27 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Chambers 1988, p 45-60. | |
1 Jan 1864 to 31 Jan 1864 | QLD | Suttor and Belyando Rivers | Jangga | 14 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, April 1, 1865, p 2 |
1 Jan 1864 to 31 Dec 1864 | QLD | Waterview Station, near Ingham | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Queenslander, October 23, 1880, p 530; Bottoms 2013, p 114. | |
8 Sep 1864 to 13 Aug 1864 | NT | Escape Cliffs | Woolna | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Reid 1990; Austin 1992; SA Parliament Northern Territory Commission of Inquiry 1866. |
1 Jan 1865 to 31 Dec 1865 | QLD | Thouringowa Waterhole, Bulloo River, Bullawarra, Thargomindah | Kullilla | 300 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, pp 63-4; McKellar 1984, p 57. |
1 Jan 1865 to 31 Dec 1865 | QLD | North Keppel Island | Woppaburra | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Rowland 2004, pp 1-16 |
4 Apr 1865 to 6 Apr 1865 | WA | La Grange | Yawru, Karajarri | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 3 (Colonisers) | Scates, 1989, pp 21-31; Forrest, 1996 pp 15-16. Australian News for Home Readers, 25 August 1865, pp 1 & 9; Mills and Collins https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-29/explorers-monument-added-to-not-torn-down-or-vandalised/8853224. |
21 Jun 1866 | QLD | Glenmore Downs | Darumbal | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | QVP 1867 |
1 Jul 1866 to 31 Jul 1866 | QLD | Euri Creek | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, August 25, 1866, p4 |
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28 Sep 1866 | QLD | Dunjarrobina Waterhole | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, November 2, 1866, p 2 |
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1 Oct 1866 to 31 Oct 1866 | QLD | Belyando River | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Queenslander, November 3, 1866, p9 - |
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1 Jan 1867 to 31 Dec 1867 | QLD | Morinish, near Rockhampton | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, p 48. | |
10 Apr 1867 to 30 Apr 1867 | QLD | The Leap, Mt Mandurana, North Queensland | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Moore 1990, pp 61-79; Mackay Mercury and South Kennedy Advertiser April 24, 1867, p 2 |
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1 Sep 1867 to 31 Dec 1867 | QLD | Turtle Head Island, Cape York | Yadhaigana | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | Sharp 1992, p 41; Bottoms 2013, p 128. |
30 Oct 1867 | QLD | Stawell River, Cambridge Creek, North Queensland | Mbara | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Argus; Bottoms 2013, p 97; Walker 1863, http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/Journals/Walkers_Journal/Walker_October_1861_RGS.htm. |
1 Jan 1868 to 31 Dec 1868 | QLD | Gray Rock Station, Pelican Creek | Iningai | 13 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Capricornian, 13 July 1878, p.12 |
1 Apr 1868 to 31 May 1868 | QLD | Burketown | 59 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, 9 June 1868, p 3 |
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1 Apr 1868 to 31 May 1868 | QLD | Norman River, Gulf Country | 31 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, June 9, 1868, p 3 |
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1 May 1868 to 15 May 1868 | WA | Flying Foam Murajuga, Burrup Peninsula. | Jaburara (or Yaburrara, Yapurarra) | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 3 (Colonisers) | The Inquirer and Commercial News, April 1, 1868; 3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6579813; ‘The Governor – Statement of D Carley (ii) re: slaughter of natives at “Flying Foam” passage (3679/86)’, SROWA, Cons. 388, File 13; Gara, nd; Gara, 1983; Dyson, 2002; Owen, 2016 p 135, 144, 147; Gifford, 2013. |
1 Jun 1869 to 30 Jun 1869 | QLD | Torres Strait - Pabaju Albany Island | Kawalgaw Ya | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, pp 127-8; Sharp 1992, pp 38-9. |
1 Jun 1869 to 30 Jun 1869 | QLD | The 'Sperwer', Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait | 17 (Colonisers) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | SMH December 3, 1869: 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13196353; Inquirer and Commercial News, (Perth WA), January 5, 1870: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66033796. | |
6 Jul 1869 to 31 Jul 1869 | WA | Minderoo, Pilbara | Thalanyji | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Sholl to Colonial Secretary 12 June 1869, CSR 647-66 SROWA; Forrest 1996; Gifford 2018, p 89-94; The Sunday Times, October 20, 1918, p 8 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57996780 |
1 Jan 1870 to 31 Dec 1870 | NSW | Hospital Creek, Brewarinna | Pooncarie/Parkantyi | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Dargin 1976, p 59. |
20 Jan 1870 | QLD | Murray River | Djira | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | QSA COL/A185/1873/(993) 99 |
1 Jan 1872 to 31 Dec 1872 | QLD | Wombunderry Waterhole, Cooper Creek | Kungkari | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, p 66-7; Durack 2008, p 139. |
1 Jan 1872 to 31 Dec 1872 | QLD | Sweers Island, Gulf of Carpentaria | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, p 57; Bottoms 2013, p 169. | |
1 Jan 1872 to 31 Dec 1872 | QLD | Woolgar River (2) | Ngawn | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards, 2008, p 22. |
1 Mar 1872 to 10 Mar 1872 | QLD | 'Maria' massacre, Mission Beach | Djiru | 14 (Colonisers) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | Queenslander, The April 6, 1872 |
8 Mar 1872 to 15 Mar 1872 | QLD | Mission Beach (3) | Djiru | 45 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Moresby 1876, p 30 |
12 Mar 1872 to 31 Mar 1872 | QLD | Mission Beach (1) | Djurun | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Queenslander, April 13, 1872, p 8 |
15 Mar 1872 to 31 Mar 1872 | QLD | Mission Beach (2) | Djiru | 92 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Moresby, 1876, p 30 |
1 Jun 1872 to 15 Jun 1872 | QLD | Lagoon Creek, Gulf Country | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier September 16 1874, p 3 |
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1 Jul 1872 to 31 Jul 1872 | QLD | Wyandote Station, Valley of Lagoons | 11 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards, 2008, p.241; Bottoms 2013, p 137. | |
1 Jul 1872 to 2 Jul 1872 | NT | Calico Creek | Yanyuwa | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | ‘Burketown to Port Darwin – II’ Brisbane Courier, October 27, 1874, p 3 |
20 Jul 1872 to 21 Jul 1872 | NT | Robinson River | Garawa, Gunindiri | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2005. |
24 Jul 1872 to 25 Jul 1872 | NT | Roper Bar area | Yanyuwa | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2005; Merlan 1978; Ashwin, A.C. Recollections of Ralph Millner’s expedition from Kopperamana to the Northern Territory with sheep and horses in 1870-1 (Compiled 1927), South Australian Archives, Adelaide. |
1 Dec 1872 to 31 Dec 1872 | QLD | Mount Coliseum, QLD | Goreng Goreng | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, March 1, 1873, p 5 |
27 Mar 1873 | QLD | Mt Farquharson, Stone Range | 35 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Queenslander, October 23, 1880, p 530 |
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18 Jul 1873 to 31 Jul 1873 | NT | Barrow Creek (1) | Kaititja | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Vallee 2004. |
1 Oct 1873 to 1 May 1878 | NT | Yam Creek | Wagiman, Mayall, Arigoolia and Jawoyn | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Northern Territory Times and Gazette 26 Dec 1873, |
5 Nov 1873 | QLD | Battle Camp, Normanby River | Gugu-Warra | 80 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Telegraph (Brisbane) January 22, 1874 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169519491; Queenslander, June 19, 1880 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20333682; Jack, Vol. 2 1922, pp 421-2; Shay, 2012; Bottoms 2013, pp 117-19 |
22 Feb 1874 to 10 Apr 1874 | NT | Barrow Creek (2) | Kaititja, Anmatyerre, Warumungu, Alyawarra, Warlpiri | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | BCHAR 1995; South Australian Register, June 25, 1874 |
20 Oct 1874 | QLD | Skull Camp | Guya Warra | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Queenslander, November 7, 1874, p.6 |
1 Jan 1875 to 31 Dec 1875 | QLD | Thundapurty Waterhole near Durrie, SW Queensland | Karuwali | 42 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Watson 1998, p 98; Bottoms 2013, p 71. |
1 Jan 1875 to 31 Dec 1875 | QLD | Blackfellows Creek, Upper Palmer River | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, May 1, 1876, p.3 |
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1 Jan 1875 to 31 Dec 1879 | NT | Mount Burrell | Luritja | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Mansfield, 2016, Report, Frances Well Land Claim No 64 2016, |
1 Jun 1875 to 3 Jun 1875 | NT | East Alligator | Kunwinjku | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTTG, August 7, 1875, p 2 |
24 Jul 1875 | NT | Mount McMinn | Mangarayi | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Reid, 1990, p xi, 66-67;
NTTG, July 17 1875, p. 1 |
5 Aug 1875 to 15 Aug 1875 | NT | Crescent Lagoon | Mangarrayi | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTTG, September 18, 1875, |
8 Aug 1875 to 9 Aug 1875 | NT | Blue Mud Bay | Yolngu | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | NTTG 30 October 1875 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3144523; NTTG 18 December 1875, p. 1 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3144651; Reid 1990; Macknight 1981; Roberts 2005, 120-121. |
18 Aug 1875 to 20 Aug 1875 | NT | Harris Lagoon | Yanyuwa | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTTG September 18 1875, |
29 Aug 1875 | NT | Calder Range | Mangarrayi | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTTG September 18, 1875, |
2 Sep 1875 | NT | Mole Hill | Mangarrayi | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTTG July 17, 1875, p 1;
NTTG September 18, 1875, p 2 |
2 Dec 1876 to 20 Dec 1876 | NT | Settlement Creek | Garawa | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts, 2005, 38-39. |
1 Jan 1877 to 31 Dec 1877 | QLD | Skull Hole, Mistake Creek, Forsyth Ranges | Guwa ((Koa) | 200 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Queenslander, The, April 20, 1901, pp 757-8 |
1 Jan 1878 to 31 Jan 1878 | NT | The Shackle | Malak Malak | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | SHAR 2014; Roberts 2009; Roberts, 2005, p 123; Reid 1990, p 70; Morrison www.australianfrontierconflicts.com.au; NTTG, January 19, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3146552, January 26, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3146569, February 2, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3146587, February 9, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3146598, February 23, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3146639, March 9, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3146690; SA Register, January 28, 1878http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40780933; January 30, 1878 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40791443. Kelsey 1975, pp 64-65; Austin 1992, p 16. |
1 Aug 1878 to 20 Sep 1878 | QLD | Dent Island | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, September 21, 1878, p 6 |
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20 Dec 1878 to 22 Dec 1878 | NT | Limmen River | Yanyuwa | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Reid, 1990: 86-87; Roberts, 2005: 48-50; Evening Journal, 20 Jan 1879, p2 : |
1 Feb 1879 to 28 Feb 1879 | QLD | Buckingham Downs, Selwyn Ranges (1) | Yalarrnga | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, March 5, p. 3, 1879, 'Murders in the Far West" |
1 Feb 1879 to 28 Feb 1879 | QLD | Sulieman Creek, Selwyn Ranges (2) | Yalarrnga | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, March 5, 1879, "Murders in the Far West" |
1 Feb 1879 | QLD | Goodwood Station, Selwyn Ranges (3) | Yalarrnga, Pitta Pitts | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, March 5, 1879, "Murders in the Far West" |
1 Feb 1879 to 28 Feb 1879 | QLD | Monastery Creek, Selwyn Ranges (4) | Yakarrnga, Pitta Pitas | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), March 1, 1879, "Blackall [From our Correspondent]" |
1 Feb 1879 to 28 Feb 1879 | QLD | Dajarra Monument, Selwyn Ranges (5) | Yalarrnga, Pitta Pitta | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, March 5, 1879, "Murders in the Far West" |
15 Feb 1879 | QLD | Indian Head, North Shore, Cooktown | Guugu Yimithirr | 28 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, March 1, 1879, p 6 |
5 Mar 1879 | QLD | Annandale Station, Channel Country | Pita Pita | 27 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Queenslander, 24 May 1879, p.668 |
1 Apr 1879 to 30 Apr 1879 | QLD | Glengyle station, Channel Country | Pita Pita | 29 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Queenslander, The, 24 May 1879, p 668 |
1 Jan 1880 to 31 Dec 1899 | WA | Panton River - East Kimberley | Worla, Kitja | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Biddy Malingal, cited in Ross and Bray, 1989 p 9. |
1 Jan 1880 to 31 Dec 1880 | QLD | Rifle Creek, Mt Carbine | Djabugay | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, p 151. |
1 Jan 1880 to 31 Dec 1880 | QLD | Long Lagoon, Mt Spencer Station, North Queensland | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Finch-Hatton 1886, pp 132-3; Lumholtz 1889, p 373; Bottoms, 2013, pp 87-9. | |
1 Oct 1880 to 30 Nov 1880 | WA | Ravensthorpe (Conconurup/Kukenarup/Carracarrup) | Minang Noongar | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brockway 1998, pp 429-445; De Landgrafft https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-05-22/kukenarup-memorial-opened-in-ravensthorpe/6490332; Western Mail, October 17, 1935, p 8 |
1 Oct 1880 to 31 Dec 1880 | NT | Calvert River | Garawa, Mara, Yanyuwa | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2005; 53. |
1 Oct 1881 to 31 Oct 1881 | QLD | Lizard Island | Guugu Yimidhirr | 150 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Falkiner & Oldfield 2000, pp 114-120, 224; Richards 2008, p 92. |
16 Jul 1882 to 30 Sep 1882 | NT | Red Lily Lagoon | Mungarrayi | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Reid, 1990; Roberts, 2005; Morrison |
1 Jan 1884 to 31 Dec 1884 | QLD | Allumbah, (Yungaburra) Skull Pocket, Mulgrave River | Yidinydi | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013:147-8 |
1 Jan 1884 to 31 Dec 1884 | QLD | Battle Creek, Cloncurry | Kalkadoon | 18 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Fysh 1961, p 143-5; Agee, 2011; Bottoms 2013, p 164-5. |
1 Feb 1884 to 28 Feb 1884 | NT | Skeleton Creek | Garawa | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2005; Gaunt, ‘Old Time Memories: The Birth of Borroloola’ in Northern Standard, 13 October 1931, p 4 |
1 Jun 1884 to 2 Jun 1884 | QLD | Massacre Inlet, Gulf Country | Nyangga | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Queensland Places, Burke Shire: |
1 Aug 1884 to 22 Sep 1884 | NT | Blackfellows Bones Bore | Anmatyerr | 75 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Olney 1993, p 8-9; Perkins 1975; Adelaide Observer, 20 September 1884, p 31 |
7 Aug 1884 to 7 Sep 1884 | NT | Attack Gap | Anmatyerr | 150 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Sid Stanes, Trish Lonsdale Collection, NTRS 3414/Part 1; Kimber, 1990; Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, 2002 |
7 Aug 1884 to 7 Sep 1884 | NT | Wirmbrandt and Rembrandt Rocks | Anmatyerr | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Traynor 2016; Kimber, D. 10 September, 2003, Alice Springs News |
1 Sep 1884 to 30 Sep 1884 | QLD | Battle Mountain, Cloncurry | Kalkadoons | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, pp164-6; Richards, 2010. |
2 Sep 1884 to 17 Oct 1884 | NT | Daly River | Murrinh-patha | 70 (Aboriginal People) | 4 (Colonisers) | Nettelbeck 2004; Wilson 2000; Morrison www.australianfrontierconflicts.com.au; Evening Journal, June 4, 1885 |
27 Sep 1884 | NT | Argument Flat NT | Ngan'gikurrunggurr | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Austin 1992; SA Evening Journal, 4 June 1885, |
1 Oct 1884 to 31 Oct 1884 | QLD | Irvinebank, inland from Cairns | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, p 33; Brisbane Courier, November 14, 1884 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3436110; Genever 1996, p 16. | |
1 Dec 1884 to 21 Dec 1884 | NT | Mount Sonder | Arrernte | 17 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Nettelbeck (2004), pp 190-206; Nettelbeck & Foster (2007) pp 34-35; Wilson (2000), p 273; Roberts (2005), p 113; Kimber (1990), p 15. |
1 Jan 1885 to 31 Dec 1885 | NT | Florida Station | Iwaidja | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Trudgen 2000; Baker 2018. |
1 May 1885 to 31 May 1885 | NT | Calvert Downs | Garawa, Mara, Yanyuwa | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Letter to Mattie, 1/9/1885, Robert Niall/Elsie Ritchie Collection; Roberts, 2009: Searcy, 1909: 174. |
1 Jun 1885 to 30 Jun 1885 | NT | Angle Soak, Mount Riddock | Anmatyerr | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bowman, 2015. |
30 Oct 1885 | NT | Elsey Creek | Mangarrayi | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clement & Bridge 1991; Roberts 2009; Jane Morrison |
1 Jan 1886 to 31 Dec 1886 | WA | Mount Clere and Mount Labouchere | Yamatji | 11 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | 'The Governor - Statements of Rev JB Gribble (xi) Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere (3673/86)', SROWA, S2032, Cons 388, Item 9; Gribble, JB 1987 [1886]. |
1 Apr 1886 to 31 May 1886 | NT | Massacre Waterfalls | Garawa, Yanuywa, Gudanji | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts, 2005, pp 180-181. |
1 Apr 1886 to 30 Jun 1886 | NT | Seale Gorge | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 2 (Colonisers) | Charola & Meakins, 2016; North Australian, April 30, 1886, p 3 |
1 Apr 1886 to 31 May 1886 | NT | Abner Range | Garawa, Ngandji | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2009; O'Brien & Adams 1999; NTTG, April 24, 1886 |
1 Jul 1886 to 1 Sep 1886 | WA | 'Spear Gully' Halls Creek | Jaru, Kitja | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Clement 2000, p 6; Clement and Bridge, 1991, p xiii; 'Moola Bulla: In the shadow of the mountain', Magabala Books, Broome. Kimberley Languages Resource Centre,1996, p 37; WAPD, Report by Sergt Troy from R. McPhee regarding death of Fred Marriot, Derby Police Station, 3 July 1886, SROWA, AN 5, Acc. 738/3; Lamond 1971, pp 29-30; Owen, 2003 129-156; Owen, 2016, 225-231; Green, 1995. |
1 Aug 1886 to 31 Aug 1886 | NT | Yulbarra | Yanyuwa | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTTG, 18 September 1886, p 2, |
17 Nov 1886 to 11 Jan 1887 | WA | John 'Big Johnnie' Durack Massacre | Worla, Jaru, Kitja | 120 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | WAPD, East Kimberley Wyndham Police Station. Ambush of John Durack and Party by natives, 17/11/86 to 12/12/86', report 11 January 1887, ‘Report from P.C. Ritchie of the wilful shooting of 'Young Jacky' and 'Monday' by 'Nipper'. J.J. Durack implicated. December 28, 1897, SROWA, AN 5/1, Cons. 430, File 298/1887; West Australian, November 14, 1892 p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3042051/804064; WAPD, ‘East Kimberley, Wyndham Station, Death of John Durack by Natives, Undated Note Signed ‘Gurney’, Det, Received by the Police Dept, 15 November 1892’, SROWA, AN 5/1, Cons. 430, File 2108/1892, p 3; SROWA Acc 741/1, Wyndham Police Occurrence Book, 1886-1888, Entries 26 Nov 1886 and 1 Dec 1886; Durack 1933, p 43; Owen 2003, pp 135-145; Owen 2016, pp 225-232. |
17 Nov 1886 to 21 Jan 1887 | NT | Waterloo | Ngarinman | 100 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis 2018; SA Register, December 9, 1886, p 5 |
1 Jan 1887 to 31 Dec 1887 | QLD | Normanton | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, p 34. | |
1 Jan 1887 to 31 Dec 1887 | NT | Owen Springs | Arrernte | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTRS 3414/Part 1, Sid Stanes, Reel 22, Side 2 (Trish Lonsdale Collection); The Register, (Adelaide) September 26, 1928, p 6 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56761342; Wurmbrand police record, NT Police Historical Society https://sites.google.com/site/ntpmhsociety/home/our-rich-history/people/biographies/wurmbrand-erwein; Roberts T 'The Brutal Truth' The Monthly, November 2009; Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, 2002 |
1 Jan 1888 to 31 Dec 1888 | NT | Lower Wearyan River | Garawa, Yanuywa, Gudanji | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts, 2005, p 198. |
1 Apr 1888 to 30 Apr 1888 | WA | Goose Hill - East Kimberley | Kitja, Worla | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CSO, ‘Government Resident Wyndham - Natives (5) shot by PC. Graham & others in April 88. Report,’ File Note G.B. Phillips, Commissioner of Police to Hon. Colonial Secretary, enclosing reports from Sergeant Troy and statements from PC Graham and native assistant Banjo, 2 October 1888, SROWA, AN 24, Acc. 527, File 2776/1888; Sunday Times, September 13, 1908, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57585524/4330457; Owen 2016, pp 236-240. |
1 Jul 1888 to 30 Sep 1888 | WA | Goldfields Road - Halls Creek | Kitja | 35 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | NTTG, August 18, 1888 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3313470; Eastern Districts Chronicle, October 13, 1888, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148605424/18172060; Daily News September 5, 1929, p 6https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79213432/7807983; Durack, 1936, pp 35-6; Angelo 1948; Clement 1989, p 8; Clement and Bridge 1991, p 46; Owen and Choo 2003, p135-142; Owen 2016, p 231-233. |
1 Jan 1889 to 31 Dec 1897 | NT | Elkedra | Alyawarr | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NT Archives Service, NTRS 3414, Trish Lonsdale Collection, Reel 3, Bill Riley; Bell, 1978; Whitebeach 2006; Luke, 2019 |
1 Jan 1889 to 31 Dec 1896 | NT | Mirki | Iwaidja | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Read and Read 1991; Gaunt 1934, ‘Old Time Memories, The Lepers of Arnheim [sic] Land and Sketches’ Northern Standard July 10, 1834, p 6 |
1 Jun 1889 to 15 Jun 1889 | QLD | Chulangun Camping ground, Far North Qld | Kaangui | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, 20 May 1889, p 5 |
2 Jun 1889 to 14 Jun 1889 | QLD | Archer River (1), Batavia area (Wenlock) | Kaanjui | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Vogan 1890, p.137; Loos 1982, p. 61; Bottoms 2013, p124. |
2 Jun 1889 to 14 Jun 1889 | QLD | Archer River (2), Batavia area (Wenlock) | Kaanjui | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Brisbane Courier, 20 May 1889, p.5 |
6 Jun 1889 to 14 Jun 1889 | QLD | Archer River (3), Batavia area (Wenlock) | Kaanjui | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | BC 20 May 1889, p5 |
11 Jun 1889 | QLD | Wenlock, Batavia area (Wenlock) | Kaanjui | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Vogan, 1890, p137; Loos 1982, p 61; Bottoms 2013, p 124. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Jan 1890 | WA | Mount Ida (1) | Wongai | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The Southern Cross Times, December 24, 1904 p 25 |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1890 | WA | Kimberley Mass Poisoning | Multiple Kimberley | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | SMHDecember 24, 1910, p 5 |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1899 | WA | Newry Station, Keep River, East Kimberley/ Northern Territory | Mirrawong Gadjerong | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Shaw 1983, p 35; Owen 2016, p 335. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1899 | WA | Ruby Plains -East Kimberley | Kitja, Jaru | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Thomas, 1985 - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2148046 |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1899 | WA | Kariyarri - Pilbara | Ngarluma, Kariyarri | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Wilson, 1961, p 61. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1899 | WA | Warlupany - East Kimberley | Worla, Kitja | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Ross and Bray, 1989, p 16; Ryan 2001, pp 71-75. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1899 | SA | Koonchera Waterhole (Clifton Hills) | Wardumba | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Hercus 1977: 56-62. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1899 | SA | Nappamanna Station, near Pandie Pandie station | Wanganuru | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Hercus 1977, p 56; Farwell 1950, p 38-40. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Mar 1890 | QLD | Malanda, Far North Queensland | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Townsville Daily Bulletin, February 2, 1933, p 10 |
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1 Jan 1890 to 28 Dec 1890 | SA | Cooninghera Waterhole, Diamantina River | Mindiri and Wardumba | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Hercus 1977: 56; Farwell 1950: 36-40. |
1 Jan 1890 to 31 Dec 1890 | NT | Mistake Creek | Malngin and Nyinin | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Austin 1992; Shaw & McDonald 1978. |
1 Jun 1890 to 30 Jun 1890 | QLD | Barron River, Cairns | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Capricornian, September 6, 1890, p.6 |
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15 Aug 1890 to 16 Aug 1890 | NT | Blackfella Creek | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 25 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Charola & Meakins 2016; Hope, NT News, 19 Aug 2016, p 12. |
24 Jun 1891 | NT | Frew River | Alyawarr, Wakaya, Kaytete and Warumungu | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NTRS 3413 – Lonsdale, Patricia – Records relating to research interviews with Centralians 1963-1986; Bell 1983; Evening Journal, July 6 1891, p. 2 |
1 Jan 1892 to 31 Dec 1892 | NT | Abner Range, Malakoff Creek | Garawa | 68 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2009. SEE ALSO O'Brien & Adams 1999; NTTG, April 24, 1886 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3159378; Costello 1930, pp 164, 167; Northern Standard, October 16, 1931, |
30 Jan 1892 to 9 Dec 1896 | NT | Corella Creek, Bowgan (1) | Garawa, Yanuwa | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 3 (Colonisers) | Read and Read 1991, pp 26-28; GSNT Record 579; NTTG, March 4, 1892, p 3 |
30 Jan 1892 to 9 Dec 1896 | NT | Nicholson River, Bowgan (2) | Garawa, Yanuwa | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Read & Read 1991; GSNT Record 579; NTTG, March 4, 1892, p 3 |
1 Jun 1892 to 31 Aug 1892 | WA | Leopold Ranges - West Kimberley | Bunuba, Nyikina | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | ‘‘Two men murdered and third wounded by natives on the Leopold Ranges - Police Corporal Holmes, Derby, [Thomas Henry; Robert Allen; William Amitage; Robert (?) Goodridge; Thomas Yates; Robert Henry; 'Barrier Station;' Ernest Black]’, SROWA, AN 24, Cons. 527, File 939/1892; Owen, 2016, p 296-297; Western Mail, June 18, 1892, p42 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33075265; NTTG, August 18, 1888 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3313470; Eastern Districts Chronicle, October 13, 1888, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148605424/18172060; Daily News September 5, 1929, p 6https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79213432/7807983; Durack, 1936, pp 35-6; Angelo 1948; Clement 1989, p 8; Clement and Bridge 1991, p 46; Owen and Choo 2003, p135-142; Owen 2016, p 231-233. |
20 Oct 1892 | NT | Willeroo (1) | Warlpiri | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis 2004; NTTG October 21, 1892, p 3 |
1 Nov 1892 to 21 Nov 1892 | NT | Willeroo (2) | Wardaman | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis, 2004; NTTG October 21, 1892 p 3 |
1 Jan 1893 to 31 Dec 1893 | NT | Malay Bay | Bahasa | 6 (Other) | 1 (Aboriginal People) | Read & Read 1991; Habeas Corpus 2017: Appendix A: 23; NTTG, August 11, 1893 |
1 Jul 1893 to 31 Jul 1893 | WA | Behn River near Rosewood station - East Kimberley | Kitja, Jaru | 23 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | The Daily News, September 27, 1893, p 2, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77380675/7823132; The Western Australian Record, October 5, 1893, p 7, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211985512/22978455; NTTG, October 20, 1893, p 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3325314; CSO, ‘Encounter with native offenders in East Kimberley District H. Collins killed in. Reporting, - Sub Inspector Drewry,’Journal of a trip by Sergt Brophy and party in pursuit of natives who are killing cattle on the Ord Osmand and other rivers, Correspondence from Commissioner Phillips, J, 28 September 1893, SROWA, AN 24, 527, File 90/1894; Lewis 2012; Owen and Choo, 2003, pp 135-145; Owen, 2016, pp 347-350. |
1 Oct 1893 to 24 Nov 1893 | WA | Ord River-East Kimberley | Kitja, Jaru, Mirrawong | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CSO, Journal of a trip by Sergt Brophy and party in pursuit of natives who are killing cattle on the Ord, Osmand and other rivers 1 October 1893–24 November 1893,’ SROWA, AN 24, Cons. 527, File 90/1894; The Daily News, September 27, 1893, p 2 < https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77380675>; Owen and Choo, 2003, p 135-145; Owen, 2016, pp 348-350. |
15 Oct 1893 to 31 Dec 1893 | NT | Collins Creek | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 53 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | Lewis, 2021, p 528. |
1 Jun 1894 to 5 Jun 1894 | NT | Blackgin Creek | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Roberts 2009; Willshire 1895; Morrison, |
1 Aug 1894 to 20 Aug 1894 | NT | Kings Canyon | Luritja | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Watarrka National Park Joint Management Plan, 2010, |
1 Aug 1894 to 2 Aug 1894 | NT | Gordon Creek | Ngarinyman, Karrangpurru, Nungali, Malngin, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Bilinara | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Willshire, Land of the Dawning, 1896, p 47. |
1 Aug 1894 to 30 Aug 1894 | NT | Wickham River | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 35 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Willshire, 1895; Rose, 1992. |
30 Oct 1894 | NT | Victoria River | Ngarinyman, Karrangpurru, Nungali, Malngin, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Bilinara | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Willshire, 1896, p 61. |
19 Nov 1894 | WA | Geike Gorge (2), West Kimberley | Bunuba, Nykina, Goonyiyandi | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | APB, ‘Correspondence, Report for the Secretary of the Aboriginal Protection Board of Western Australia from Mr George Marsden on Oobagooma Cattle Station, 21 December 1896’, SROWA, AN 1, Cons. 495, Item 44; WAPD, ‘Capture of Wild Natives in the Oscar and Barrier Ranges’, 26 January 1895, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 3548/1897. See telegram from Inspector Lawrence to Commissioner of Police, 5 January 1895; The West Australian, January 8, 1895, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3071337; Western Mail, January 12, 1895, p 13 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/33111918; Clement and Bridge 1998, pp 47-79; McGregor 1985, pp 100-122; Pederson 1995, pp 132-142; Owen 2016, pp 315-330. |
13 Dec 1894 to 6 Jan 1895 | WA | Geike Gorge (1) - West Kimberley | Bunuba | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | WAPD, ‘Capture of Wild Natives in the Oscar and Barrier Ranges’, 26 January 1895, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 3548/1897. See telegram from Inspector Lawrence to Commissioner of Police, January 5, 1895; West Australian, January 8, 1895, p 2, href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3071337/810682">https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3071337/810682; Western Mail, January 12, 1895, p 13 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33111918; Owen, 2016, pp 315-316. |
1 Jun 1895 to 30 Jun 1895 | WA | Margaret River, Leopold Ranges | Goonyiyandi, Bunuba | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | WAPD, ‘Wholesale killing of cattle on Margaret River,’ 23 July 1895, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 1808/1895; Shaw 1981, p 47; Owen 2016, pp 322-24. |
7 Jun 1895 | NSW | Fairmount, Bellinger River | Bandjalung | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | National Advocate, (Bathurst), August 5, 1895, p 3 |
1 Jul 1895 to 30 Jul 1895 | NT | Stapleton Siding | Koongurrukun and Warrai | 80 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | McGuinness 1991; Murgatroyd 2001; Toohey 1981; Kungarakan Culture and Education Association: https://kungarakan.org.au/ |
14 Jul 1895 to 1 Feb 1896 | NT | Gordon Creek | Bilinara, Wardaman | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Austin, 1992; Read & Read, 1991; NTTG, June 14, 1895, p 3 |
1 Aug 1895 to 2 Aug 1895 | NT | Blackfellows Knob | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Charola & Meakins 2016; Hope, NT News, 19 August 2016; National Museum of Australia, Collaborating for Indigenous Rights, Wave Hill Walk Off, Petition to the Governor-General 1967 |
1 Nov 1895 to 30 Nov 1895 | NT | Little Gregory | Ngarinyman, Karrangpurru, Nungali, Malngin, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Bilinara | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis 2004; Cahill, letter, SA Register, September 4, 1900 p 6 |
11 Nov 1895 | WA | Ivanhoe Station (1) East Kimberley | Kitja, Mirrawong | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | ‘Private diary of Sergeant Thomas Wheatley during police patrols from Wyndham from 6 November to 23 December 1895’, [Wheatley Manuscript], 11 November 1895, Battye Library, Cons.1266A, Manuscript; Owen 2016, pp 361-62. |
11 Dec 1895 to 31 Dec 1895 | NT | Bradshaw Station (1) | Ngarinman | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis 2018. See also Lewis, 2004, p 229. |
27 Dec 1895 | WA | Ivanhoe Station (2) East Kimberley | Mirrawong Gadgerong | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CSO, ‘Telegram from Sub Inspector Orme to Commissioner of Police GB Phillips’, Wyndham Station, 15 December 1895, SROWA, AN 24, Cons.527, File 823/1895. See also Telegram dated 27 December 1895. Const. Inglis and party ‘dispersed several tribes on Lissadell and Ord River Stations’, CSO, AN 24, Cons.527, File 823/1895. Owen, 2003, pp 360-364. |
1 Jan 1896 to 31 Dec 1896 | WA | Linnekar Gorge [Turner Station] | Kitja, Jaru | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Turner cited in Ross and Bray 1989, p 19. |
1 Jan 1896 to 31 Dec 1896 | NT | Bradshaw Station (2) | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis, 2004; NTTG September 18, 1896, p 2 |
1 Apr 1896 to 30 Apr 1896 | NT | Bradshaw Station (3) | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis, 2004. |
1 May 1896 to 31 May 1896 | QLD | Lakefield, Far North Queensland | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Other) | Queenslander, May 9, 1896, p 871 |
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14 Aug 1896 | WA | Fitzroy River Valley, West Kimberley | Bunuba, Nyikina, Unggarangi | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Native Troubles on the Fitzroy,' West Australian, August 21, 1896, p 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3098102; WAPD, Telegram to Commissioner of Police from Sub Inspector Ord. 7 August 1896, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 2301/96; McGregor, 1985, pp 103-122; McGregor, 1993, pp 63-82; Muecke, et. al. 1985, pp 81-100; Owen, 2016, pp 326-330. |
22 Sep 1896 to 30 Jan 1897 | WA | Rosewood and Lissadell, Ord River, East Kimberley | Kitja, Worla, Jaru, Mirrawong | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | WAPD, ‘Copy of PC Rhatigan’s Journal for September 1896’, Argyle Camp, 15 September 1896, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 3689/1896; WAPD, Copy of PC Freeman’s Journal from Wyndham to Argyle Police camp, 24 October 1896, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 3688/1896; WAPD, Copy of PC Rhatigan’s Journal whilst travelling from Argyle camp to Wyndham from the 5 October to the 22 October 1896’, 5 October 1896, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 3690/1896; WAPD, PC Freeman’s Journal whilst on Patrol on Ord River and Lissadell Runs’, 25 December 1896, SROWA, Cons.430, File 1344/1897; WAPD, ‘PC Freeman’s Journal whilst on Patrol on Ord River and Lissadell Runs’, 6 January 1897, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 1344/1897; WAPD, ‘Journal of P.C. Rhatigan patrolling the Argyle, Lissadell and Ord River Stations - January 17 to 22, 1897’, Argyle Police Camp, 15 January 1897, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 1345/1897; Owen 2016, pp 364-67. |
1 May 1899 to 13 Jun 1899 | WA | 'Chinese Garden' - East Kimberley | Yiiji, Ngarinyin | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | CSO, ‘Clerk of Court, Wyndham – Murder of Ah Sing by Blacks – Reporting Supposed’, SROWA, Cons. 527, File 2773/1898; WAPD, ‘Police Constable Farley (305) and Others Report of the Murder of Aboriginal Assistant, Dicky, Speared by Hostile Natives at Durack River While Trying to Apprehend Murderers of Ah Sing’, East Kimberley District, Wyndham Station, July 1899, SROWA, AN 5/1, Cons. 430, File 2873/1899; SROWA, Wyndham Police Station Letterbook, Acc 741-12, 1899-1901; Owen 2016, p 371; Green 1995, pp 94-95; The Inquirer and Commercial News, September 28, 1894, p 8, 18 < http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66250855; p 18 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66250764> |
1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 1900 | WA | Jail House Creek - East Kimberley | Worla, Kitja | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Hector Chunda in Ross and Bray, 1989, p 18. |
20 Jul 1900 | NSW | Breelong, near Gilgandra | 8 (Colonisers) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | Nepean Times, July 28, 1900, p 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101351156; Durham & Gloucester Advertiser, July 31, 1900 |
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1 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1902 | NT | Hodgson Downs Station | Alawa | 40 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Morrison |
1 Jan 1902 to 31 Dec 1902 | QLD | Ducie River, Cape York | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Richards 2008, p 35. | |
1 Aug 1902 to 30 Aug 1902 | NT | Ooratippra Station | Alyawarr | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Powell & McFarland, 2016; Trish Lonsdale Collection, NTRS 3414/Part 1 – Sid Stanes; Ooratippra Consent Determination: https://www.clc.org.au/articles/info/401; Ross River Homestead website http://rossriverresort.com.au/the-resort; Diary of William Coulthard, 1903, NT Library: https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/449299/0/0 |
1 Jan 1903 to 30 Jul 1908 | NT | Arafura Station | Maung, Iwaidja | 200 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Merlan, 1978, pp 87-88; Dewar, 1992, p 9. SEE ALSO Olney J, 2003, p 47. |
1 Jan 1903 to 31 Dec 1904 | NT | Winiki Pocket | English | 8 (Colonisers) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | Morrison www.australianfrontierconflicts.com.au; Ucko & Layton 1999; Read & Read 1991; RAHC https://www.rahc.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/community_profiles/Minyerri%20Community%20Profile.pdf |
1 Jan 1904 to 30 Jun 1919 | NT | Bull's Head Pocket | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Olney H, 1989, pp 18-19. |
30 Jun 1905 | NT | Coomanderoo Station | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis, D 2021, The Victoria River District Doomsday Book, E-Books, E-Publications, PublicationNT,
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12 Nov 1905 to 20 Dec 1905 | NT | Bradshaw Station (4) | Ngaliwuru | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 4 (Colonisers) | Morrison, |
1 Jan 1908 to 31 Dec 1908 | WA | Texas Downs - East Kimberley | Worla, Kitja, Jaru | 9 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Clement 1989, pp 21-22; Shaw, 1986, p 98-101; Shaw, 1998, passim; Ross and Bray, 1989, p 20. |
7 Nov 1908 to 8 Nov 1908 | WA | Laverton (1) | Wongai | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | 'Murderous Niggers,' Mt Leonora Miner, November 14, 1908, p 2 |
1 Dec 1908 to 31 Dec 1908 | WA | Mount Ida (2) | Wongai | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | The West Australian, 14 Dec 1908, p 5.
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1 Jun 1910 to 30 Jun 1910 | NT | Humbert River Station | Ngarinyman, Karrangpurru, Nungali, Malngin, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Bilinara | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis, D 2021, The Victoria River District Doomsday Book, E-Books, E-Publications, PublicationNT,
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30 Jun 1910 | NT | Kidman Knob | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Olney H, 1989, pp 18-19. |
11 Sep 1910 | WA | Laverton (2) | Wongai | 11 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | 'The Massacre of Aborigines,' Laverton and Beria Mercury, September 24, 1910, p 3 |
15 Nov 1910 to 20 Nov 1910 | NT | Caledon Bay | Yolngu | 6 (Colonisers) | 0 (Aboriginal People) | Dewar, 1992; Egan, 1996; NTTG, March 3, 1911, p 2 |
1 Jan 1911 to 31 Dec 1913 | NT | Gan Gan (2) | Yolngu – Dhalwangu and Gumatj people | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Yunupingu, G 2016; NAA, Uncommon Lives, Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda |
1 Jan 1911 to 31 Dec 1913 | NT | Gan Gan (1) | Yolngu – Dhalwangu and Gumatj people | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Yunupingu, G July 2016; NAA, Uncommon Lives, Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda |
6 Jan 1912 to 11 Apr 1913 | WA | Canning Stock Route - Well No.46 | Martu | 14 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | 'Shooting Aborigines', Daily News, May 21, 1912, p 8 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79898128/7816557; Clement 1989, pp.130-151;
'Stock Route Murders, Fourteen Dispersed,' Kalgoorlie Miner, December 9, 1911, p 8 |
1 Jan 1915 to 31 Dec 1915 | NT | Ellery Creek Big Hole | Arrernte | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | NT Parliamentary Record, 2 June 1981, p 877 |
1 May 1915 to 30 Jun 1915 | WA | Mistake Creek - East Kimberley | Kitja, Worla | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | WAPD, Aboriginal Native Tracker 'Nipper'. From C.of P. SROWA, Cons. 430, Item 1854/1915; Western Mail, April 2, 1915, p18 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44758490; The Advertiser, April 2, 1915, p 8 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5455967/970938; Clement 2003(a), pp 199-214; Clement 1989(b), pp 17-18; Owen 2016, p 438; Ross and Bray 1989, pp 73-5. Monument Australia |
1 Sep 1916 to 30 Sep 1916 | WA | Mowla Bluff - West Kimberley | Nyikina | 6 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | 'Alleged shooting of Natives at Gee Gully...' SROWA, AN 5/1, Cons 430, Item 1919/1812; Watson, 2012 pp 51-60;Whispering in our Hearts': The Mowla Bluff Massacre, Ronin Films, Mitch Torres, 2002. [Film]; Marshall, 1988, p 226; Owen, 2016, p 439; Debenham, 2020, pp 169-176. |
1 Jan 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 | NT | Tennant Creek | Warlpiri, Warumungu | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Read and Read, 1991; Headon, 1988. |
1 Jan 1918 to 31 Dec 1918 | QLD | Bentinck Island, Gulf of Carpentaria | Kaiadilt | 11 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bottoms 2013, p169; Kelly & Evans, 1985, pp44-5. |
23 Mar 1918 to 2 Apr 1918 | NT | Auvergne Station | Wardaman, Bilinara, Mudburra | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Timber Creek Police Station Copy Book, 10 April 1918; Timber Creek Police Station Register of Reported Deaths, 1895-1944; NTTG, April 20, 1918, p 24 |
10 Dec 1919 to 28 Feb 1920 | NT | Nero Yard | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 1 (Colonisers) | NTTG, 17 Jan 1920, p 5 |
1 Jan 1920 to 31 Dec 1920 | NT | Wattie Creek | Gurindji | 8 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Charola & Meakins, 2016. |
1 Jan 1920 to 31 Dec 1922 | NT | Wave Hill Station | Gurindji | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Read & Japaljarri 1978; Lewis, 2018; Carment, et. al. (eds.) NTDB, Vol 1, 1991; SMH February 19, 1921 |
30 Jun 1920 to 1 Jul 1920 | NT | Coomanderoo Station | Manngayarri | 30 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Charola & Meakins, 2016, pp 70-71. |
1 Jan 1921 to 30 Nov 1921 | WA | Bedford Downs (1) - East Kimberley | Kitja, Worla | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | WAPD, ‘Gribble to Chief Protector of Aborigines’, SROWA, Cons. 430, File 7871/1921; See also Department of the North West, ‘From Rev. Gribble: Re alleged shooting of natives by Police boys, “Quartpot” and “Long Billy”, near Durack River’, SROWA, Cons. 653, File 655/1922; WAPD, 'Statement by Lightberi Alias Kitty', SROWA, Cons. 430, File 7871/1921; Green, 1995, p 75; Owen, 2016, p 439. |
1 Jan 1921 to 31 Dec 1921 | NT | Bowson's Hole | Arrernte | 15 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bowman, 2015, p 89; Davis & Prescott 1988; Long, 1989, pp 9-43; Rowse 1998. |
1 Oct 1922 to 31 Oct 1922 | WA | Sturt Creek - East Kimberley | Tjurabalan, Walmajari, Jaru | 12 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Smith 2000, pp 62-74; Smith and Walshe The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/oral-testimony-of-an-aboriginal-massacre-now-supported-by-scientific-evidence-85526; Smith 2016; Shaw 1981, p 47. |
1 Sep 1923 to 30 Sep 1923 | NT | Gan Gan (3) | Yolngu | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Yunupingu, 1981. |
1 Jan 1924 to 31 Dec 1924 | WA | Bedford Downs (2) - East Kimberley | Kitja, Worla | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Dotty Whatby in Ross and Bray 1989, pp 56-59; Clement 1989, p 4; Ryan 2001, pp 63, 65–8; Kimberley Languages Resource Centre 1996, pp 101–9; Owen 2016, pp 439-440. |
1 Jul 1924 to 10 Jul 1924 | NT | Victoria River District | Ngarinyman, Karrangpurru, Nungali, Malngin, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Bilinara | 20 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Mayor, 2017, np. |
15 Jun 1925 to 16 Jun 1925 | NT | Sturt Creek | Ngarinman, Bilinara | 26 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Lewis, 2021. |
20 Jun 1926 to 31 Jul 1926 | WA | Forrest River [Oombulgurri] - East Kimberley | Yiiji | 11 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Wood 1927 |
1 Dec 1927 to 10 Dec 1927 | WA | Christmas Creek 'Wangkatjungka' | Nyikena | 7 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | ‘Alleged shooting of Natives by Bert Smith at Derby,’ WAPD, Acc 4431/1929, SROWA; Bohemia and McGregor, 1992, pp 26-40; Truth, January 19, 1930, p 1 |
1 Aug 1928 to 31 Oct 1928 | NT | Kurundi Station | Warlpiri | 10 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Bowman, M (Ed), 2015, "Every Hill Got a Story: We Grew Up in Country", Hardie Grant Books: Richmond, Vic. |
1 Aug 1928 to 31 Oct 1928 | NT | Coniston (1) | Warlpiri, Anmatyere, Kaytetye | 50 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Woodward, 1973; Read & Read 1991; Bell 1993; Toohey 1979; Edmond 2013 |
1 Aug 1928 to 31 Oct 1928 | NT | Coniston (2) | Warlpiri, Anmatyere, Kaytetye | 60 (Aboriginal People) | 0 (Colonisers) | Woodward 1973; Read & Read 1991; Bell 1993; Toohey 1979; Edmond 2013; Morrison www.australianfrontierconflicts.com.au; Alice Springs News Online August 15 2018 |