Massacre at Mt Haldon, Darling Downs Pastoral District

Date: 30 Jul 1843
Place: Mt Haldon, Darling Downs Pastoral District
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
Christopher Rolleston, CCL Darling Downs and party cornered Aboriginal people in daylight in the Range scrub, three days after Yugara people killed Richard White, a shepherd on Sibley and King's Haldon run and drove off 1874 sheep (French, 1989, p 104). Rolleston estimated that twelve Yugara people were killed (Rolleston to Col Sec, August 15, October 12, 1843, CCL Correspondence 1843, SRNSW, 4/2601).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: ***
LanguageGroup: Yugara
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 12

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Sources

  • French, 1989, p 104; Rolleston to Col Sec, August 15, October 12, 1843, CCL Correspondence 1843, SRNSW, 4/2601

Event mentions

  • Massacre at Mt Haldon, Darling Downs Pastoral District
    30 Jul 1843 — Mt Haldon, Darling Downs Pastoral District — massacre
    Christopher Rolleston, CCL Darling Downs and party cornered Aboriginal people in daylight in the Range scrub, three days after Yugara people killed Richard White, a shepherd on Sibley and King's Haldon run and drove off 1874 sheep (French, 1989, p 104). Rolleston estimated that twelve Yugara people were killed (Rolleston to Col Sec, August 15, October 12, 1843, CCL Correspondence 1843, SRNSW, 4/2601).
    Source: French, 1989, p 104; Rolleston to Col Sec, August 15, October 12, 1843, CCL Correspondence 1843, SRNSW, 4/2601