Massacre at Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast

Date: 1 Feb 1862 – 30 Apr 1862
Place: Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
Walter Taplock Chippindall, Manager of Yandina Station, Richard Jones, sen. stockman John Farquarson and four other men ambushed and killed about 25 Gubbi Gubbi men fishing in canoes at Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, during the bunya season (Gibbons, 2014, pp 142-7; 282).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Gubbi Gubbi
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 25

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  • Massacre at Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast
    1 Feb 1862 – 30 Apr 1862 — Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, Sunshine Coast — massacre
    Walter Taplock Chippindall, Manager of Yandina Station, Richard Jones, sen. stockman John Farquarson and four other men ambushed and killed about 25 Gubbi Gubbi men fishing in canoes at Murdering Creek, Lake Weyba, during the bunya season (Gibbons, 2014, pp 142-7; 282).
    Source: Gibbons, 2014, pp 142-147; 282. https://www.academia.edu/12361316/Deconstructing_colonial_myths_the_massacre_at_Murdering_Creek