Massacre at Branch Creek, Wollogorang Station
Roberts (2005, p 201) wrote: "Lawrence Wells, a member of the border survey party, called at Westmoreland station in August 1886 where he learned of a massacre on Wollogorang [Station]. At a place called The Pocket, on Branch Creek, he was told that 'many natives had been shot by the whites for cattle-spearing - the gins and picaninnies sometimes sharing the same fate'. Among the station managers and stockmen in this border country, Wells observed, were 'rough, hard cases, quite capable of retaliating and taking the law into their own hands' for the spearing of cattle."
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LanguageGroup: Garrawa
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 15
CorroborationRating: *
LanguageGroup: Garrawa
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 15
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Massacre at Branch Creek, Wollogorang Station15 Jul 1886 – 17 Jul 1886 — Branch Creek, Wollogorang Station — massacreRoberts (2005, p 201) wrote: "Lawrence Wells, a member of the border survey party, called at Westmoreland station in August 1886 where he learned of a massacre on Wollogorang [Station]. At a place called The Pocket, on Branch Creek, he was told that 'many natives had been shot by the whites for cattle-spearing - the gins and picaninnies sometimes sharing the same fate'. Among the station managers and stockmen in this border country, Wells observed, were 'rough, hard cases, quite capable of retaliating and taking the law into their own hands' for the spearing of cattle."