Massacre at Mount Clere and Mount Labouchere

Date: 1 Jan 1886 – 31 Dec 1886
Place: Mount Clere and Mount Labouchere
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
The official government report (The Governor - Statements of Rev J B Gribble (xi) Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere) to the Western Australian Governor and the Aborigines Protection Board record that Reverend JB Gribble stated '11 Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere' in the Gascoyne District (SROWA). In his 1886 text, Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land Gribble wrote 'Early this year it was reported that five natives had been shot dead by white men near Mount Clare, and about the same time two more were shot by a party somewhere in the direction of Mount Labouchere' (Gribble, JB, 1886, p 51).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: ***
LanguageGroup: Yamatji
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 11

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  • Massacre at Mount Clere and Mount Labouchere
    1 Jan 1886 – 31 Dec 1886 — Mount Clere and Mount Labouchere — massacre
    The official government report (The Governor - Statements of Rev J B Gribble (xi) Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere) to the Western Australian Governor and the Aborigines Protection Board record that Reverend JB Gribble stated '11 Natives shot at Mounts Clere and Labouchere' in the Gascoyne District (SROWA). In his 1886 text, Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land Gribble wrote 'Early this year it was reported that five natives had been shot dead by white men near Mount Clare, and about the same time two more were shot by a party somewhere in the direction of Mount Labouchere' (Gribble, JB, 1886, p 51).
    Source: '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] https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=8231&context=ecuworks