Massacre at Gray Rock Station, Pelican Creek

Date: 1 Jan 1868 – 31 Dec 1868
Place: Gray Rock Station, Pelican Creek
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
After the Iningai killed an employee of Rule and Lacey's sheep station at Eight Mile Lagoon near Aramac, a small band of whites, well-armed and led by the manager, started in pursuit and traced them to a cave, about five kilometres from Gray Rock Station road. According to an account in the Capricornian newspaper article published a decade later (13 July 1878, p 12), 'The entrance [to the cave] was low, and the leader, who left his followers behind, crawled into the cave on his hands and feet, when he found himself face to face with thirteen savages...With two loaded revolvers he shot down the whole band, who, paralysed with fear, offered no resistance. ' The way in which the account was written, indicates that it was the manager who shot the Iningai.
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CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Iningai
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 13

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  • Massacre at Gray Rock Station, Pelican Creek
    1 Jan 1868 – 31 Dec 1868 — Gray Rock Station, Pelican Creek — massacre
    After the Iningai killed an employee of Rule and Lacey's sheep station at Eight Mile Lagoon near Aramac, a small band of whites, well-armed and led by the manager, started in pursuit and traced them to a cave, about five kilometres from Gray Rock Station road. According to an account in the Capricornian newspaper article published a decade later (13 July 1878, p 12), 'The entrance [to the cave] was low, and the leader, who left his followers behind, crawled into the cave on his hands and feet, when he found himself face to face with thirteen savages...With two loaded revolvers he shot down the whole band, who, paralysed with fear, offered no resistance. ' The way in which the account was written, indicates that it was the manager who shot the Iningai.
    Source: Capricornian, 13 July 1878, p 12 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65769358; Bottoms, 2013, p 176.