Site NamePlanet Creek, Albinia Downs station
Aboriginal Place Name
Language GroupGayiri
Present State/TerritoryQLD
Colony/State/Territory at the timeQLD
Police District
Latitude-24.45
Longitude148.605
DateBetween 1 Jan 1862 and 31 Dec 1862
Attack TimeDay
VictimsAboriginal People
Victim Descriptions
Victims Killed6
Victims Killed NotesMWC
AttackersColonists
Attacker DescriptionsNative Police
Attackers Killed0
Attackers Killed Notes
Transport
Motive
Weapons UsedFirearm(s), Sword(s)
NarrativeAccording to former Native Police Commandant Frederick Walker, by then part-owner of the nearby Planet Downs station, in 1862 a detachment of native police led by Second-Lieutenant Alfred March Patrick drove off Gayiri people from Christopher Rolleston's station at Albinia Downs (Bottoms, 2013, p 49). 'Frederick Walker wrote to the Colonial Secretary stating that the "peace was broken by the Native Police under Mr Patrick, attacking and killing and wounding several of the friendly blacks at Mr Rolleston’s station" ... There is no record of how many were killed or wounded, but the peace had been irretrievably broken' (Bottoms 2013 p. 49).
SourcesBottoms, 2013, p 49. (Sources PDF)
Corroboration Rating*