Massacre at Dunjarrobina Waterhole

Date: 28 Sep 1866
Place: Dunjarrobina Waterhole
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
Two weeks after the Aboriginal killing of Henry Clark on the Belyando River, 83 miles (133 km) from the native police camp at Mt McConnell, a detachment of 18 native police troopers led by Reginald Uhr and Frederick Murray, and accompanied by Mr Bulgin, manager of St Anne's station on the Suttor River, arrived at the Belyando and 'proceeded on their tracks, and after some days' pursuit, overtook, and succeeded in shooting eight or ten of the blacks' (Brisbane Courier, November 2, 1866, p 2). It appears that the massacre took place at Dunjarrobina Waterhole.
Notes:
CorroborationRating: **
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 8

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  • Massacre at Dunjarrobina Waterhole
    28 Sep 1866 — Dunjarrobina Waterhole — massacre
    Two weeks after the Aboriginal killing of Henry Clark on the Belyando River, 83 miles (133 km) from the native police camp at Mt McConnell, a detachment of 18 native police troopers led by Reginald Uhr and Frederick Murray, and accompanied by Mr Bulgin, manager of St Anne's station on the Suttor River, arrived at the Belyando and 'proceeded on their tracks, and after some days' pursuit, overtook, and succeeded in shooting eight or ten of the blacks' (Brisbane Courier, November 2, 1866, p 2). It appears that the massacre took place at Dunjarrobina Waterhole.
    Source: Brisbane Courier, November 2, 1866, p 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1276219; Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette, December 19, 1903, p12 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19131405.