Some Known Frontier Conflicts in Queensland

1792

Torres Strait, QLD, ships under the command of Captain William Bligh fired on Aboriginal canoes.

Nov 1824

South side of Yebri Creek, near Redcliffe settlement, QLD, Aboriginal people attack convicts with soldier guards as they are sawing a bloodwood tree. One Aboriginal man killed. Afterwards Aboriginal people around Redcliffe are so hostile that the settlement is moved to Brisbane.

1827–1828

Kangaroo Point and South Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, despite a number of Aboriginal people being shot dead, Aborigines repeatedly raid and destroy maize (corn) fields on which colonists rely for food, in a bid to drive the intruders out of Aboriginal country.

1830

Logan Creek, Brisbane Valley, QLD, Aboriginal people, possibly with the help of convicts, allegedly murder Brisbane commandant Captain Logan.

Mid-1831

Minjerribah (Stradbroke) Island, QLD

Mid-1831

Moorgumpin (Moreton) Island near Brisbane, QLD

1831–1832

Moorgumpin (Morton) Island near Brisbane, QLD

November 1832

Minjerribah (Stradbroke) Island, QLD

1832–1833

Minjerribah (Stradbroke) and Moorgumpin (Moreton) Islands near Brisbane, QLD, Conflicting European accounts and Aboriginal oral history refer to a number of conflicts between staff of the Amity Point pilot station, established on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in 1826, and Aboriginal people.

1833

Moorgumpin (Moreton) Island, QLD, Massacre of Aboriginal people at the top of a large lagoon on the southern end of the island, now eroded into the sea. The attack may have been the last in a series of reprisals between Aboriginal people and soldiers stationed on Minjerribah.

1836

Fraser Island, QLD, Captain James Fraser, and possibly crew of the shipwrecked Stirling Castle, speared.

1838

Crampton's Corner, north side of the McIntyre (Macintyre) River (Cowbawn Coonigal), QLD

1838

Kilcoy Station, north-west of Moreton Bay, QLD

1838

Berpengary, QLD, (26 miles (c. 42 kms) from Nundah), Aboriginal people attack Moravian missionary Pastor Gottfried Haussman. He is badly wounded but escapes.

1840

Long Lagoon Station, QLD

1840

Nundah, north Brisbane, QLD, Aboriginal people attack the German Mission more than once, notably in 1840 when 20 to 30 warriors sack the Reverend Schmidt's fields. The mission is forced to keep nightly armed watch over its crops. In retaliation Schmidt shoots and wounds Aboriginal elders.

31 May 1840

Near Mt Lindesay, QLD, Aboriginal people kill surveyor Stapylton and his assistant Tuck.

1840s–1860s

Northside of Brisbane, QLD, as the Brisbane area was colonised, no allowance was made officially for Aboriginal camps. Creeks acted as de facto barriers between colonised areas and locations where Aboriginal people could live unmolested. When colonists strayed into such locations they were often harassed, robbed or subjected to violence. While Europeans allowed some traditional Aboriginal camping grounds to remain, they attacked others. Some of the incidents that occurred on the north side of Brisbane in the 1840s–1860s period are included individually in this timeline.

1840–1860

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, for Aboriginal people, a 'front line' against encroaching British colonisation. The area was the location of a number of clashes between colonists and Aboriginal groups. Aboriginal warriors such as Billy Barlow, Commandant, Dalaipi, Dundalli, Harry Pring, Tinkabed and Yilbung were all visitors to the prosperous Breakfast Creek camps. Some of the individual incidents that took place in the Breakfast Creek area are listed in this timeline.

31 July 1841

Brisbane, QLD, Merrido and Neugavil wrongfully executed, for murder of Stapylton and Tuck, on a cross-arm of the Brisbane windmill (observatory tower). 

1842

Brisbane Valley, QLD

1842

Callandoon district, McIntyre (Macintyre) River, QLD, two hutkeepers killed during a series of Aboriginal attacks. Pastoralists and police retaliate.

1842

Giggabarah Massacre, Blackall Ranges, west of Nambour and the Mary River, QLD,

1842

Kilcoy Station, QLD, north-west of Moreton Bay

1842

Whiteside, Morton Bay, QLD

1842–1852

Awamolands north of Bribie Island, Caloundra, or Marcoola, QLD, Some Aboriginal men possibly wounded. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 6–7)

1843–1846

Rosewood Scrub, QLD, from this impenetrable area of bush, Multuggerah continues attacks on drays and travellers as far as the Darling Downs. Rosewood Homestead (now Glenore Grove) is repeatedly under siege. Colonists possibly construct a makeshift 'fort' on the property that they take turns in manning.

12 Sept 1843

Lockyer Valley, QLD, Battle of Meewah (Battle of One Tree Hill) (Mount Tabletop or Table Top Mountain). Aboriginal people led by Multuggerah.

1845

Gilbert River, far north QLD, explorer Leichhardt's naturalist, Gilbert fatally speared.

1845

Wivenhoe, Brisbane Valley, QLD, John Uhr killed during an Aboriginal attack.

Sept/Oct? 1845

Mount Lindesay, Richmond River district, QLD, Thomas Mather, resident of South Brisbane, and a man, who went my the nickname "the Bush Lawyer" killed, apparently, during an Aboriginal attack. The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 10 October 1845, p. 3; The Moreton Bay Courier, Saturday 6 February 1847

1846

Rosewood Scrub, QLD, In 1846 Multuggerah brings 500 warriors to Rosewood Homestead, almost starving out the occupants. Visitors and Rosewood Homestead residents form a party, storming Multuggerah's camp, killing him and many others. Other Aboriginal leaders such as Jackey, Uncle Marney and King Billy appear to operate from Rosewood Scrub in later years.

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Victoria Park Aboriginal camp, north Brisbane, QLD, Constable Peter Murphy and party burn camp and shoot Aboriginal people.

20 Oct 1846

North Pine, south-east QLD, Aboriginal people led by Milbong Jemmy murder Andrew Gregor and Mrs Shannon with waddies. Mr Shannon later attacked but escapes. 

Oct 1846

Eagle Farm, Brisbane, QLD, Milbong attacks Mr Richardson, robs his house.

Oct 1846

Doughboy Creek, (now part of Hemmant, Brisbane) QLD, Milbong attacks sawyers, is shot, dies almost immediately.

1846, 1847

Wickham Park, north Brisbane, QLD, Yilbung took regular bags of flour for his people from millworkers at the Windmill (now a hotel and restaurant on Wickham Terrace) as a 'monthly rent'. He was imprisoned for this 'impertinence.'

1847

Kilcoy Station, Upper Brisbane River, QLD, station hands set a trap putting arsenic-laced flour in hut. Aboriginal people rob the hut, many die after eating the flour.

Mid-April 1847

Whiteside Station, QLD (established on the North Pine River)

11 Sep 1847

North Pine, Brisbane district, QLD, Aborigines led by Dundalli kill William Waller and badly wound William Boller. James Smith escapes.

Sept 1847

Goodar, near Callandoon, QLD, James Marks kills an Aboriginal man.

13 Oct 1847

Mary River, Maryborough district, QLD, George Furber and friend attacked by Aboriginal assistants while building a woolshed. The friend is killed, Furber wounded. Furber later retaliates, shooting the Aboriginal man who attacked him.

1847–49

Mt Abundance, near Roma, QLD, Aboriginal people kill seven Europeans.

c. 1847–c.1850

Bunya lands (Blackall Ranges and Bunya Mountains, QLD, Hundreds of fatalities. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier war on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 7)

1848

Maryborough, QLD, Aborigines kill George Furber and his brother-in-law in the bush.

1848

Tingun Station near Roma, QLD, James Blythe attacked by Aboriginal people and driven off station.

1848

Umbercollie, QLD

1849

Balonne and Condamine Rivers, QLD

1849

Bigumbul (Bigambul), QLD

1849

Carbucky, QLD

1849

Paddy Island (also known as Paddy's Island. Formerly known as Coodes Island) Burnett River, QLD

1849

Severn River, QLD

1849

Victoria Park Aboriginal camp, north Brisbane, QLD, 24 soldiers of the 11th Regiment burn camp and shoot Aboriginal residents.

4 June 1849

Gin Gin Station, Burnett area, QLD, Following the establishment, by Gregory Blaxland and William Forster, of Gin Gin station in 1848, tensions grew between the newcomers and the Taribelang-Bunda people on whose Country the pastoralists intruded. Aboriginal people kill shepherds, the Pegg brothers, on 4 June 1849. More about this frontier violence is covered, for example by Arthur Laurie, 'Early Gin Gin and the Blaxland Tragedy', presentation to the Historical Society of Queensland, 27 November 1952, copy available on the website of the library of the University of Queensland, and in Renee Coffey's University of Queensland's Honours Thesis, 'Frontier violence in Gin Gin: a history of murder, massacre and myth', access available at: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:319766

See also:

Rachael Knowles, "Suppressed stories of slaughter immortalised in public artwork, National Indigenous Times, 19 March 2020

Wikipedia entry on Paddy Island:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Island, last edited 18 January 2024

Aft June 1849

The Cedars (about 14 miles, or 22.5 kms) from Gin Gin, QLD, Gregory Blaxland, the Thompson brothers and friendly Aborigines kill 'scores of blacks' in a disproportionate reprisal for the Pegg brothers' deaths. (See entry above). More about this massacre is recounted by Arthur Laurie in a paper, ‘Early Gin Gin and the Blaxland Tragedy’, presented to the Historical Society of Queensland on 27 November 1952. (Note: some of the language used in this paper is highly offensive today). Another source for what happened at Gin Gin and vicinity in 1849 is Renee Coffey's Honours Thesis, 'Frontier violence in Gin Gin: a history of murder, massacre and myth', School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland, 2006. Access to this thesis is available at: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:319766

1850

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, colonist 'residents' living near Breakfast Creek petition the government for police protection from Aboriginal attacks.

1850

Nundah, north Brisbane, QLD, Aboriginal people harass cattle at the German Mission.

1850

Paddy Island, Burnett River, QLD, a punitive party of squatters and station hands from Gin Gin and surrounding properties kill hundreds of Aboriginal people on Paddy Island. Many escape by swimming the river and disappearing into the Woongarra Scrub.

1850

Woolooga and Widgee, north-west of Gympie, QLD, At Woolooga, north of Widgee, Frank Murray was killed and 'a lot of sheep taken'. Murray was one of two (a shepherd) or more fatalities. There were also 'several' injuries and stock losses in a 'war' between colonists and Aboriginal people.
(Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 11)

March 1850

Yuleba Creek, QLD

August 1850

Gin Gin Station (now part of the town of Gin Gin), QLD, Gregory Blaxland ambushed and killed near the station homestead.

1850s

Kandanga/Amamoor Creek, QLD,
An early Kandanga colonist recalled Aboriginal people stealing sheep from Manumbar and bringing the to Kandanga Creek. According to historian Ian Pedley, 'marauders' killed a shepherd and stole an entire flock of sheep, driving them nearly 30 miles (48 kms) east, firing the bush behind them to keep pursuers away. They were chased for several days.
(Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020 p. 11)

1850s

Kandanga/Amamoor Creek, Imbil, QLD,
A posse of colonists, police and a Black Tracker, massacre Aboriginal people attending a feast near Amamoor Creek. Possibly many fatalities, including of innocent Aboriginal people. These killings were reprisals for the death of a shepherd and for stealing a flock of sheep from Manumbar.
(Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020 p. 19)

1850s

Teewah Beach, Noosa area, QLD
See entry for c. 1854–1860 Near Teewah

1850s

Widgee Station, Mary Valley, QLD
Mass shooting of Aboriginal people as part of an on-going 'war' between Widgee Head Station staff and First Nations people. (Ray Kerkhove, , 2020, p. 18)

1850s–1860s

Kandanga Range Road near Amamoor, QLD, One or more killings of Aboriginal people in this area. Aboriginal man shot while taking bark from a tree. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 20)

1851

Maranoa, QLD

1852

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, 40 Aboriginal warriors raid Bullock's property, destroying crops. Joining with another party of 200, they raid Cash's property further north. A large party of eight mounted men and colonists attack Aboriginal camps in reprisal. Despite the camps being empty the 'posse' burn down and destroy whatever they can.

1852

Fraser Island, QLDSee also Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 19)

1852

Isla Station, Dawson River, QLD, Aborigines kill McLaren near the station homestead.

1852

Rawbelle Station, QLD, an Aboriginal man named Davey kills Adolphus Trevethan

1852

Yaroomba/Coolum, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Five castaways from the Thomas King shipwreck killed by Aboriginal warriors. Only two survivors made it back to Brisbane after a marathon walk. James Smith, a survivor of a previous frontier attack, recognised warrior-leader Maki-Light (Moggy Moggy) as one of the ringleaders in the attack. It was believed to be a reprisal for a hanging his party mistakenly believed to be occurring in Brisbane at the time. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, December 2020, pp. 11–12)

May–July 1852

Yamboucal Station (near Surat), QLD

22 Aug 1852

Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, Davey, an Aboriginal man, hanged for murder of Adolphus Trevethan.

1853

Bunya lands (Blackall Ranges and Bunya Mountains), QLD, invasion
(Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp.7–8)

3 Dec 1853

Sandgate, Brisbane area, QLD, Aborigines attack Tom Dowse and family. They escape with their lives. Incident leads to the establishment of a Native Police camp at Sandgate headed by Lt. Wheeler.

1853–1854

Imbil (Yabba Creek)/Imbil Island, QLD, Several fatalities during a "collision" between Native Mounted Police and 'warring' Aboriginal groups who joined forces against the police. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast Noosa Region, 2020, p. 8

c. 1854

Miriam Vale, QLD

1854

Granville, QLD

1854

Nundah, north Brisbane, QLD, 60 Aboriginal warriors surround a colonist's homestead, pulling up all crops.

1854

Tieryboo, QLD

25 Dec 1854

Mt Larcom Station, Port Curtis district, QLD, Aboriginal people murder five of Young's employees while he is away at Gladstone. The Native Police pursue murderers, killing many.

c. 1854–1860

Near Teewah Beach, Noosa area, QLD, Teewah Massacre: 'a number of fatalities', possibly perpetrated by the Native Police, led by Lt John Bligh. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 19–20)

5 Jan 1855

Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, Dundalli hanged.

1856

Werribone (Weribone), QLD

December 1856

Hornet Bank, Dawson River, QLD

1856–1857

Hornet Bank, Dawson River, QLD

1856–1857

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, Aboriginal groups continually harass, raid and rob colonists. Colonists retaliate with punitive attacks.

1857

Great Keppel Islands, QLD
Some related sources:
SBS TV, Who Do You Think You Are: Wayne Blair, Season 15, Episode 4, SBS On Demand.
MJ Rowland, 'Myths and non-myths; Frontier Massacres' in Australian History–The Woppaburra of the Keppel Islands, Journal of Australian Studies. No. 81, 2004, pp. 1–16 (on Academia.edu)
RJ Graham and Associates Pty Ltd, Woppaburra Conservation Handbook, June 2009
Rebecca Fisher and Chrissie Hansen -Dogherty, 'Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands,' Australian Museum, 2020
Woppaburra TUMRA (The Woppaburra people's Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement):
https://woppaburra.com.au
See entries for Queensland in the Bibliography on the Australian Frontier Conflicts website for fuller citations of sources.

27 October 1857

Hornet Bank Massacre (Fraser family), Hornet Bank Station, Dawson River Basin, QLD

1857–58

Hornet Bank, Dawson River, district QLD, retaliatory massacres of hundreds of Yeeman people

1858

Fairymead, QLD

1858

Maryborough, QLD

1858

Nundah, north Brisbane, QLD, Nundah colonists decide on a 'pre-emptive strike' against a local Aboriginal camp after becoming frightened by a war-making corroboree and threats from Aboriginal warriors. The colonists fire shots into the camp. While Aboriginal deaths and injuries are unknown, the camp is abandoned for two months. As revenge, Aboriginal survivors disperse and kill many cattle on the Pine Rivers.

6 Apr 1858

Eurombah Station, Dawson River area, QLD, Aborigines kill two shepherds.

1859

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, Five police destroy Aboriginal camps near Breakfast Creek, kill and injure at least two of the 100 Aboriginal camp residents.

September 1859

Near Brisbane, QLD, Shooting of an Aboriginal woman and injuries to two children

"Waterview". North Bundaberg, QLD

Doonan, (today a rural locality between Sunshine Coast and Shire of Noosa), QLD, William Cash and Andrews Jones beat off an attack by a group of Aboriginal people. Doonan is not far from Murdering Creek. This may have been one of the incidents that provoked the massacre of Aboriginal people at Murdering Creek in mid-1864. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 15)

South of Gympie, past Seven Mile Hotel on 'Brisbane Road', QLDAboriginal man lures Frank Luke into bush, where he is almost speared and robbed. Luke could hear warriors making call signals to each other as they were preparing to attack him. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 15)

1860

Bendemere, QLD, Frederick Carr's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.

1860

Fassifern, QLD, Frederick Wheeler's Native Police detachment kill several Aboriginal people.  An inquest or inquiry in January 1861 reprimands Wheeler.

1860

Flinders Peak, near Ipswich, QLD, Frederick Wheeler's Native Police detachment possibly kill unknown number of Aboriginal people. Inquest or inquiry into the deaths of Tommy and an unknown Aboriginal person concludes they were killed by the Native Police.

1860

Kenilworth Station, QLD, Possibly up to 10 fatalities and/or loss of stock. This station was established on the edge of the Bunya Bunya Reserve, so may have been attacked. Historian Ian Pedley's account of a massacre of colonists at Kenilworth in 1860 could be drawing on a distorted memory of killings at Hornet Bank in 1857, as no soldiers, who had allegedly been sent out against 'the Blacks', were apparently used against Aboriginal people in Queensland after 1849. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 13)

1860

Kenilworth/Kenilworth Bluff, QLD, Oral traditions of Kabi Kabi and descendants of colonists report a massacre of Aboriginal people at Kenilworth Bluff, an important Aboriginal bora ground, signalling, spiritual and burial site. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 20–21)

1860

Maryborough, QLD, John Bligh's Native Police detachment possibly kill unknown number of Aboriginal people. February 1860 Inquest or inquiry into the death of the Aboriginal man, Darky, concludes Native Police shot him.

Lolworth Massacre (N*****'s Bounce), north QLD

1861

Albinia Downs, QLD

1861

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, Aboriginal people drive off colonists' drays and rob travellers. Constable Griffin and two mounted police raid Aboriginal camp and make arrests.

1861

Bulloo, QLD, conflict between members of the Burke and Wills expedition and Aboriginal people.

1861

Dawson River, QLD, an inquest or inquiry into the death of ex-Trooper Tahiti, concludes in July 1861 that he was shot by the Native Police.

1861

Near Emerald, QLD

1861

Fairfield Station, QLD, William Moorhead's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people. An inquest or inquiry concludes in December 1861 that at least one Aboriginal person, name unknown, was shot by the Native Police.

1861

Flinders River, QLD, Native Police kill 12 Aboriginal people in a clash over the right to camp at a fresh water spring.

1861

Manumbar, QLD, Rudolph Morisset's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1861

Medway Ranges, central highlands, QLD

1861

Planet Creek, Springsure district, QLD, Native Police involved in killing Aboriginal people.

17 October 1861

Cullinguringa (Cullin-La-Ringo), north of Springsure, central Queensland ("Wills Tragedy"), Up to 50 Aboriginal people attack and murder 19 of 25 colonists who are setting up a very large 260 square-kilometre (64,000-acre) property on Aboriginal country north of Springsure.

November 1861

Roxburgh (Roxborough) Downs, QLD

c. 1862

Cape Upstart, QLD

1862

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, Constable Griffin and a trooper 'disperse' Aboriginal people in the area.

1862

Caboolture, near Brisbane, QLD

1862

Coongoola, QLD

1862

Lower Dawson River, QLD, Ralph Johnson's Native Police detachment kills at least one Aboriginal person. An inquest or inquiry concludes in December 1862 that the Native Police shot at least one Aboriginal person.

Between 1 and 30 Sep 1862

Pigeon Creek station, on tributary of the Warrego River, QLD, 25 bodies [of First Nations people] found after a 'Native police action' on the Warrego River. Jonathan Richards, The Secret War: A True History of Queensland's Native Police, p. 68; Blagden Chambers, Black and White: The story of a massacre and its aftermath, 1988.

1863

Gayndah, QLD, Joseph Harris's Native police detachment kill an Aboriginal man called Jemmy. An inquiry or inquest concludes in April 1863 that the native Police shot Jemmy. Officer Harris is suspended and dismissed for neglect of duty in 'allowing his troopers out of his control'.

1863

Mapleton/Obi Obi area, near Mooloolah, QLD, A traveller is speared to death in rainforest between Mooloolah and Upper Obi Obi Creek. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 13)

1863

Meteor Creek, Springsure district, QLD, William Sharpe's Native Police detachment involved in killing of at least one Aboriginal person.

1863

Tieryboo, Dalby, QLD, Frederick Carr's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people. An inquest or inquiry concludes in January 1863 that the native Police shot an Aboriginal man, named Tallboy.

1863

Yatton, QLD, Marmaduke Richardson's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people. An inquiry or inquest concludes in September 1863 that the Native Police shot an Aboriginal man called Wallace. Richardson is dismissed.

December 1863

Currimundi/Moffat Beach area, (somewhere between bunya bunya lands (Maleny/Mapleton) and north of Caboolture, QLD, Massacre of Aboriginal people near the coast in this area. Lieutenant Wheeler of the Native Mounted Police reported that his unit patrolled the bunya lands 'to no effect'. Thereafter the unit 'dispersed large mob of Aborigines near to seacoast'. ('Dispersal' was the usual term the Native Mounted Police used for a massacre. A standing battle was referred to as a 'skirmish'. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 21–22)

1864

Eureka near Bundaberg, QLD, Brown's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.

1864

Pabaju (Albany Island), QLD

c. March 1864

Mooloolah Plains (rural locality in the Sunshine Coast region), QLD, Lieutenant Wheeler of the Native Mounted Police reported his troops were '"dispersing" natives at Mooloolah'. Inter-tribal tournaments were often held on the Mooloolah Plains. After bunya feasts, large numbers of Aboriginal people went to Mooloolaba, Buderim and Alexandra Headlands to fish and to collect oysters. Wheeler's patrol may have confronted and 'dispersed' Aboriginal people around this time.

c. Mid-1864

Murdering Creek near Lake Wyeba, near Noosa Heads, QLD, massacre of Aboriginal people. Many fatalities.

4 June 1864

Sander's Run, QLD

10 June 1864

Expedition Range, QLD

16 December 1864

North of Nassau River, QLD

18 December 1864

Mitchell River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD, in the Battle of the Mitchell, Aboriginal warriors, hurling spears, fought a pitched battle against armed Europeans. Many warriors were killed or injured. No colonists were injured or died. Possibly up to 72 First Nations people shot in 11 separate incidents during the Jardines' trip up Cape York. Example of Sources: Dr Timothy Bottoms, 'Jardine's Trip Up Cape York Peninsula 1864', 'The Frontier Series', Far North Queensland History Series, https://cairnshistory.com.au/content/uploads/2021/07/The-Frontier-Series-Jardines-Trip-Up-Cape-York-Peninsula-1864-TFS011.jpg

December 1864?

Alice River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD,More than 31 First Nations people killed (up to 59 killed or wounded) when the Jardine brothers encountered a gathering of about 70 to 80 men who were probably attending a ceremony. Example of Sources: Dr Timothy Bottoms, 'Jardine's Trip Up Cape York Peninsula 1864', 'The Frontier Series', Far North Queensland History Series, https://cairnshistory.com.au/content/uploads/2021/07/The-Frontier-Series-Jardines-Trip-Up-Cape-York-Peninsula-1864-TFS011.jpg

c. 1865

Eudlo Flats, junction of Eudlo Creek and Maroochy River, QLDMapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 22)

c. 1865–1870

Maroochy River (Bli Bli?), QLD, Puram shot on the Maroochy River, most likely at Bli Bli, renowned for kombo (shipworm), while diving for kombo. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 23)

c. 1865–1870

Ninderry Station, QLD, Kabi Kabi rainmaker Karal (Banjor or 'Banjo') shot at and nearly died from poisoned flour. Karal recalled poisoning of other Aboriginal people at Ninderry Station. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 24)

1865

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, Aboriginal people attack two constables. Aboriginal camps in the Breakfast Creek area burnt down again in revenge.

1865

Calliope, QLD, Arthur Beevor's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people. An inquiry or inquest concludes in October 1865 that an unknown Aboriginal person or persons was/were killed by the Native Police.

1865

Dawson River district, QLD, Otto Paschen's Native Police detachment involved in 'numerous collisions'.

Glenmore, QLD

1865

Mailman's Gorge, near Aramac, QLD

1865

Maroochy River at Horseshoe Bend (Bli Bli/Yandina), QLD, Up to 200 Aboriginal warriors hold Timber cutter (later Constable) George Doyle and companions under siege at his timber-getting hut on the Maroochy River. The incident sparks brutal retaliation. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 13)

1865

Maroochy River at Horseshoe Bend (probably Bli Bli/Yandina), QLD, Timber-getter and later Constable George Doyle creates a booby trap from his hut, using rifles, gunpowder, slug shot, nails and a wedge that would strike matches. This lethal contraption results in the deaths of an unspecified but large number of fallacies of Aboriginal people. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 23)

1865

Thouringowa (Thuringowa) Waterhole, QLD

May 1865

Near Rannes, QLD, Native Police officer, Cecil Hill, killed during an Aboriginal attack.

8 June 1865

Rio Station, Dawson River, QLD, Aborigines ambush and kill a European police sergeant and three Aboriginal troopers.

Mid-1860s

Mid-1860s

West of Rockhampton, QLD

1860s–1870s

Cooloothin Creek, Sunshine Coast/Noosa area, QLD, According to Kabi tradition a massacre of Aboriginal people occurred at Cooloothin Creek, possibly in the 1860s/1870s. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 25)

c. 1866

Chesterton (Pigeon) Creek, QLD

1866

Banana, QLD, Native Police officer, Edward Seymour, kills an Aboriginal woman. An inquiry or inquest concludes in February 1866 that the Native Police killed the woman. Seymour was discharged in 1868 after his position was abolished. Jonathan Richards, The Secret War: A True Story of Queensland's Native Police, UQP, 2008, p. 259

1866

Imbil run, near Gympie, QLD, Large numbers of Aboriginal people gather on the Imbil run, killing two heifers and threatening local squatters with more "destruction". Sub-inspector Fruedenthal and troopers visit Imbil run but take no action as their horses were "all knocked up". (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 14)

1866

Mooloolah River (Old Daisy's Place), waterhole, Glenview area, QLD, Three Kabi Kabi men, Captain Piper, Tommy Skyring and Johnny Griffins, kill and rob botanist William Stephens while assisting him on an expedition in the Glenview area. Constable Nalty and later Sub-Inspector Frudenthal (Freudenthal?), with troopers, search for the three men without success. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 14)

1866

Pearl Creek, QLD

1866

Perch Creek, QLD

c. 1867

Broadsound district, QLD

c. 1867

Kin Kin Creek, near confluence with Lake Cootharaba, towards northern end of lake, Noosa area, QLD, Abraham Luya and Major Alexander Boyd claim to have been verbally abused, physically threatened and held under siege for between one and three days at their timber-getting huts on Kin Kin Creek. Alexander Boyd uses this incident for creating a booby trap that killed many warriors. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 14–15)

1867

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, 15 Aboriginal people steal a boat and ransack a cutter. Sub-Inspector of Police Gough burns Aboriginal camps in the Breakfast Creek area.

1867

Goulbolba Hill, central QLD

1867

Kin Kin Creek, and area between Lake Cootharaba and Kin Kin, QLD, While heavy logging is going on the area, Abraham Boyd kills up to 20 Aboriginal men with a rifle and booby-trap during a siege of his hut. Abraham Luya is also besieged at his Kin Kin hut. Whether any Aboriginal people were killed is not known. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 24–25)

1867

Morinish, QLD, Myrtil Aubin's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people. An inquiry or inquest concludes in March 1867 that the native Police shot an Aboriginal man named Tommy. Aubin is dismissed. 

1867

Paroo River, south-west QLD, William Hill's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1867

Stawell River, QLD

1867

The Leap, north-west of Mackay, QLD

1867

Turtle Head Island, QLD

1867

Widgee Creek and Glastonbury Creek, head of, west of Gympie, QLD, Aboriginal groups use the Widgee Scrubs as a stronghold and rainforest as a cover. Reports of 'depredations' on colonists' cattle. Loyau claims land had to be won from First Peoples 'acre by acre' of bloodshed. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 16)

c. 1867–1868

Lake Wyeba, near Noosa, QLD, Colonists from Maryborough brought cattle to feed around Lake Wyeba. The colonists shoot at Aboriginal people after they speared some cattle. Possibly some wounding or fatalities of Aboriginal people. This site of the incident was the lake shore where today's Noosa aerodrome is located. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 25)

1868

Albert Downs, Gregory River, QLD, Aboriginal people rob station of firearms, axes, food and other supplies. "Dispersed by law of the carbine'. No loss of lives or injuries reported.

1868

Burdekin, QLD

1868

Cassidy's Station, Leichhardt River, QLD, Aboriginal people attack station, 'dispersed by law of the carbine'.  No deaths or injuries reported.

1868

Grosvenor Downs, QLD

1868

Gregory River, QLD, 

1868

Inverleigh, QLD

1868

Mailman's Gorge near Aramac, QLD, more than 25 Aboriginal people slaughtered.

1868

Norman River, QLD, Aborigines kill Cannon, Manson and a number of Chinese employees on Liddie and Hetzer's station.

1868

South of Burketown, QLD (Uhr Massacre), Uhr's Native Police detachment slaughter Aboriginal people in a  massacre.

17 Dec 1868

North Creek Station, Nebo, QLD, Aborigines murder JT Collins.

c. 1868–1869

Murdering Creek, southern side of Lake Wyeba, near Noosa, QLD

c. 1868–1869

Yandina Run (covered area from Dunethin to Maroochy River between Noosa and Mooloolah), QLD, Overseer speared, hundreds of stock lost. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 16–17)

1869

Bowen district, QLD

1869

Muralag (Prince of Wales Island), QLD, Aborigines capture captain and crew of a cutter, kill some crew and a boy. Captain Montgomerie's frigate Blanche with police aboard embarks on a punitive expedition against the 'Mt Ernest natives' believed responsible. Three 'chiefs' shot.

1869

Nebo, QLD, Robert Johnstone's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1869

Woodstock, QLD

1870

Barcoo River, QLD, Edward Wheeler's Native Police detachment kills several Aboriginal people.

Early 1870s

Battle hole, Barcoo River, QLD

1870s

Gilbert River, QLD

1870s

Yandina Creek, near Coolum, QLD, Several Aboriginal people wounded and some possible fatalities when colonists shot at Aboriginal people on their way to a bora ring of spiritual significance. The shots were taken from men's quarters on Yandina cattle station, nearby which were several bora rings.(Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 27)

1870–90

Kalkadoon Wars, Mt Isa region, QLD (see also Battle Mountain below)

Cloncurry, QLD, an inquest or inquiry into the death of an unknown Aboriginal person concludes that WD Uhr shot the person. Charges dismissed.

1871

Gilberton, QLD, deadly clashes between Aboriginal people, miners and Native Police.

1871

Somerset, QLD, Frank Jardine allegedly shoots four Native Police troopers, three apparently survive but try to escape by sea in a canoe a month later.

Tiaro, QLD, an inquest or inquiry concludes in June 1871 that Police Constable McMullen shot an Aboriginal man named Bungaree.

1872

Aramac, Barcaldine region, QLD, Frederick Maier killed.

1872

Near Cardwell, QLD, Aborigines kill some survivors of Maria shipwreck, help others 

1872

Near Cardwell, QLD, Native Police involved in reprisals against Aboriginal people believed to have killed Maria shipwreck survivors.

1872

Cloncurry, QLD, Alexander Salmond's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1872

Clump Point, Mission Beach, QLD, Robert Johnstone's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1872

Gladstone, QLD, Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people. Inquires or inquests concluded in August (for and Aboriginal man called Billy) and in September 1872 for Harry and Tommy, that the Native Police under the command of Alexander Douglas had shot them. 

1872

Djiru massacre, opposite Dunk (Coonanglebah) Island, QLD

1872

Herbert River, far north QLD, Charles Shairp (Sharpe)'s Native Police detachment kills an Aboriginal woman. An inquest or inquiry concludes in September 1872 that an Aboriginal woman called Cassey was shot by the native Police. Shairp or Sharpe is dismissed.

1872

Hinchinbrook Island, QLD

1872

Mount Leonard, QLD

1872

Sweers Island, QLD

1872

Tambo, Barcoo River, central QLD, Thomas Williams's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people. An inquest or inquiry concludes in October 1872 that Billy and Chow Chow were shot by the Native Police. Williams is dismissed.

1872

Near Yaamba, north of Rockhampton, QLD

1872

Valley of Lagoons, QLD, Johnstone's Native Police detachment alleged to have killed Aboriginal people.

1872

Wombindery Waterhole, QLD

1872

Wyandotte (Whyandot) Station, QLD

1873

Aramac, Barcaldine region, QLD, John Carroll's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1873

Opposite Double Island, QLD

1873

Herbert River, QLD, Johnstone's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1873

Massacre Sandhill, QLD

1873

Normanby, QLD, Aulaire Morisset's Native Police detachment involved in killing.

1873

Northern QLD (Pearl Shellers' Revenge)

1873

Palm Cove, QLD, Johnstone's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1873

Skull Creek near Nebo, QLD

1873

St Lawrence, QLD, Native Police detachment under the command of Alexander Douglas, shoot Aboriginal men, Charley and Dickey. Inquiries or inquests conclude in July and August respectively that the Native Police shot the men.

April 1873

Green Island off Cairns, QLD

10 July 1873

Green Island off Cairns, QLD

22 Nov 1873

Gilberton goldfield, QLD, Aborigines kill two Chinese prospectors, two reported missing.

c. December 1873

Battle Camp 'collision' far north QLD, European prospectors and Native Police engage in armed battle with Aboriginal tribespeople. Hundreds of Aboriginal people killed, about four Europeans speared to death.

c. 1873

Elderslie station, Diamantina River, QLD, Carroll's Native Police from Aramac slaughter many male Aborigines on the station.

1874

Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, QLD, Mounted police 'disperse' occupants of Aboriginal camps in the area.

1874

Bloomfield River, far north QLD, while trying to find a shorter route from the coast to the Palmer goldfield, Edward Dumaresq's Native Police detachment is involved in a number of killings of Aboriginal people.

1874

Gilberton, QLD, Henry Finch's Native Police detachment involved in killings of Aboriginal people.

June 1874

Green Island off Cairns, QLD

Herbert River, QLD, Native Police shoot Trooper Sam. An inquiry or inquest concludes in October 1874 that the Native Police shot Trooper Sam.

Traveston Station and Cootharaba, QLD, Three Aboriginal warriors attack and rob a Chinese worker in the bush, then threaten Mr Campbell of Traveston Station, demanding money and challenging him to a fight. The warriors 'completely sacked' Cootharaba hut, later hiding out at Mt Cooroy. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 17)

Late 1874

Palmer River area, QLD, Aboriginal people kill Straher family.

1874–1875

Blackfellows Creek, far north Queensland

1875

Miriam Vale, QLD, Native Police officer Alexander Douglas involved in an Aboriginal killing or killings. An inquiry or inquest concludes in May 1875 that an Aboriginal person called Comey, was shot by the Native Police under Douglas's command.

1875

Palmer River area, QLD, reprisals against Aboriginal people following Straher deaths

Aramac, QLD, Native Police Officer John Carroll is implicated in the shooting of Trooper Echo. An inquest or inquiry concludes in October 1875 that the Native Police killed Trooper Echo. Carroll is charged with murder of a trooper and the flogging of an Aboriginal woman but the case is dismissed. He is dismissed in 1876 for the murder of a trooper.

1876

Banchory Station near Clermont, QLD, Native Police officer Frederick Wheeler charged with murder of an Aboriginal man named Jemmy. An inquiry or inquest concludes in January 1876 that the Native Police killed Jemmy. Wheeler charged with the Banchory murder and is dismissed. Despite charges is allowed to remain free. Wheeler disappears. Dies in Java 1882. (Timothy Bottoms, Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's Frontier Killing Times, UQP, 2013, pp. 86, 87; Jonathan Richards, Chapter 8 '"Many were killed from falling over the cliffs": The naming of Mount Wheeler, Central Queensland', in Ian D Clark, Luise Hercus and Laura Kostansk eds, Indigenous and Minority Placenames: Australian and International Perspectives, ANU Press and Aboriginal History Inc., 2014, pp. 147–16.) In 2007 Darumbul people awarded native title on Mt Wheeler. After Darumbal lobbying, name of Mt Wheeler is changed to Gai'i in 2018. On 21 April 2022 Queensland Government grants Darumbal people freehold title and control over a 13.5-hectare reserve where a massacre of 300 Aboriginal people took place at the foot of Gai'i.

1876

Creen Creek, QLD, Native Police detachments led by Armit and Poingdestre kill Aboriginal people.

1876

Kennedy River, QLD

March 1876

Mistake Creek, near Clermont, QLD

1876

Yandina, QLD, One Aboriginal woman wounded and possibly many others in a 'dispersal' of Aboriginal people camped near the Yandina (Maroochie) Hotel. Police were called in to break up an inter-tribal fight that the Low family believed might have escalated into an attack on their homestead. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, p. 28)

c. 1876

Kangkirr Creek, QLD

Townsville, QLD, an inquiry or inquest concludes in February 1877 that Constable MacNeill shot an Aboriginal man called Jackey.

February 1878

Range west of Cairns, QLD

February 1878

Tuck-au-noo, far north QLD, Aboriginal people allegedly murder W Bird in retaliation for kidnapping three members of local tribe.

31 August 1878

Smithfield near Cairns, QLD

1878

Murray Island, QLD

August 1878

Whitsunday Islands, QLD, Aboriginal attack on the schooner Louisa Maria and her crew. Native Police reprisals led by George Nowlan.

Late 1878

Cooktown district, far north QLD

1878?

Warroo Station, St George, QLD

c. 1878–79

Skull Hole (Creek), or Bladensburg Massacre, western Queensland

1879

Cape Bedford, far north QLD

1879

Near Cooktown, QLD, Stanhope O'Connor's Native Police detachment involved in killing Aboriginal people.

1879

Glengyle, QLD

1879

Mossman River, QLD, George Nowlan's Native Police detachment involved in killing Aboriginal people.

1879

Ravine, QLD

1879

Selwyn Range, north-west Queensland

1879

Thursday Island, QLD

c. December, 1879

Woonamo (Wonomo) Billabong (Waterhole), Suleiman Creek, north-west QLD

September 1879

Mulgrave River near Cairns, QLD

1880

Normanton district, QLD, an inquiry or inquest concludes in February 1880 that Constable Hedges shot Aboriginal Trooper Brandy.

Early 1880s

Clohesy River near Kuranda, QLD

Early 1880s

Moonjaree, QLD

1880s

Koonchera Point, Birdsville, QLD (Mindiri Massacre)

1880s

Poeppels (Poeppel) Corner, east Simpson Desert, QLD (Wardamba Massacre)

1880s

Tinnenburra, QLD

Late 1880s

Near Cairns, QLD

c. 1880

Butcher's Creek area, QLD, according to Ngadjonji oral history, fighting erupts between colonists and Aboriginal people after Europeans interfere with Aboriginal women while their men are away from camp. Some colonists speared, many Aboriginal people shot. More Aboriginal people shot in later incidents.

c. 1880s–1900

Landers Shoot/Palmwoods, Blackall Ranges?, QLD, Possible massacre of Aboriginal people between the 1880s and 1900, referred to as the 'Dark Legacy' tale. (Ray Kerkhove, Mapping Frontier War on the Sunshine Coast/Noosa Region, 2020, pp. 28–29)

1881

Bibhoora near Mareeba, QLD

1881

Lizard Island, north of Cooktown, QLD, Mrs Mary Watson and baby disappear from a fishing station after Chinese manservants speared. Aboriginal people blamed for killings. Native Police inspector Hervey Fitzgerald leads punitive killing raids on the coast north of Cooktown.

1881

Normanton, QLD, Aboriginal people kill Native Police sub-inspector Dyas. 

Victoria Downs, QLD, an inquiry or inquest concludes in January 1881 that Constable Cameron shot an Aboriginal man named Jamie. 

1881

Woolgar, QLD, Native Police officer Henry Kaye killed during an Aboriginal attack. Native Police reprisals follow under command of William Nichols.

1882

Cloncurry, QLD, Frederick Urquhart's Native Police detachment kill Kalkadoon people.

1882

McKinlay Ranges near Cloncurry, QLD, Native Police cadet, Marcus La Poer Beresford, killed in Aboriginal attack.

Taroom, QLD, an inquiry or inquest concludes in October 1882 that Constable Wright killed an Aboriginal man named Toby. 

1882

Tudu (Warrior Island), Torres Strait, QLD

November 1882

Between Granite Creek (later Mareeba) and Cairns, QLD

1883

Cooloolah, Cloncurry district, QLD, Alfred Smart's Native Police detachment kill Kalkadoon people.

23 July 1883

Russell River near Cairns, QLD

26 August 1883

Near Russell River, QLD

1884

Battle Mountain (Mount Remarkable), near Mount Isa, QLD (Kalkadoon Wars)

Blackall, QLD, Native Police under the command of Robert Kyle Little (?) shoot an unknown Aboriginal person. Inquiry or inquest concludes this in October 1884.

1884

Grenada, QLD

1884

Irvinebank, inland from Cairns, QLD, Nichols's and Garraway's Native Police detachment kill at least six Aboriginal people. Bodies burnt. Inquiries or inquests conclude in August and November 1884 that the Native Police shot Aboriginal people called Spooendyke, Toby, King Billy and Kitty and two unknown Aboriginal females. Nichols and troopers charged with murder, charges fail. Nichols dismissed.

1884

Mistake Creek, Isaac region, QLD, Frederick Urquhart's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1884

Mulgrave River, QLD

1884

Selwyn Range, QLD

1884

Skull Pocket/Mulgrave River/Skeleton Creek, QLD

1884

White Hills, QLD

August 1884

Russell River near Cairns, QLD

Aug/Dec 1884

Mulgrave River near Cairns, QLD

21 December 1884

Mulgrave River near Cairns, QLD

1885

Blackall, QLD, Robert Little's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

Cockatoo Bora, QLD

1885

Norman River, QLD, Lyndon Poingdestre's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

6 Sept 1886

Near Cairns, QLD

1887

Kimberley, Normanton district, QLD, Daniel Lorigan's and Lyndon Poingdestre's Native Police detachments kill Aboriginal people. Inquiries or inquests conclude in October and November 1887 that the Native Police shot three unknown Aboriginal people.

Near Barron River, QLD, Native Police member John de Linden Affleck shoots Trooper Peter dead.

1888

Diamantina district, south-west QLD

Ingham, QLD, an inquiry or inquest concludes in January 1888 that Constable Cannon shot an Aboriginal man called Tommy. 

1888

Kirrima, QLD

Late 1880s

Near Cairns, QLD

Port Douglas, QLD, (see Barron River above) an inquiry or inquest concludes in September 1888 that Native Police member Affleck shot Trooper Peter.

Queensland, inquiry or inquest concludes in December 1888 that Ernest Henry T (?) Carr shot an Aboriginal male called Paddy.

1888–89

Boar (Boar's Pocket) near Cairns, QLD

1889

Coen, QLD

1889

Lawn Hill, north-western QLD, Alfred Wavell killed while attempting to arrrest Aboriginal man, Joe Flick.

1889

Mein, north QLD, Frederick Urquhart's Native Police detachment kill Aboriginal people.

1889

Pine Tree Station, QLD

Mid-1890s

Speewah near Kuranda, far north QLD

Mid-1890s

Spring Valley between Cairns and Port Douglas, QLD

Mid-1890s?

Flaggy Creek near Kuranda, QLD

Mid-1890s?

Mona Mona near Kuranda, QLD

July 1890

Lower Barron River, QLD?

Adavale, QLD, An inquiry or inquest concludes in November 1891 that Tracker Tommy killed an Aboriginal person called Delta.

1891

Spring Vale, QLD

1892

Mapoon, QLD, Native Police shoot a number of Aboriginal people.

August 1892

Myola near Kuranda, QLD

March 1894

Mentana Station, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD

1896

Lakefield, QLD

17 August 1896

Deebing Creek, QLD

Proserpine, QLD, an inquiry or inquest concludes in March 1897 that Constable Burke shot Aboriginal man, Charlie Morgan

1898

Smithfield, near Cairns, QLD, John Higgins's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1898–1903

Barron River, Wooroora, and Mt Garnet, QLD, Heenan's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

Late 1800s

Skull Hole (now in Bladensburg National Park), QLD

1900s

Emu Lagoon, north QLD

1902

Ducie River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD, John Hoole's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.

1904

Flick Yard, QLD

1904

Kirrima, QLD

c. 1906

Murbai, QLD

1910s

Emu Lagoon, QLD

1911–1918

Bentinck Island, QLD

November 1929

Nine miles (14.38 kms) from Herbert Vale Station near Camooweal, QLD

Dates Unknown

Allandale, north QLD

Badtjala Country, QLD

Baryula (on Chasletown Station), south-western QLD

Blencoe Falls, north QLD

Blunder Creek, north QLD

Bone's Knob, north QLD

Bulloo Downs, south-west QLD

Cattle Creek, north-west QLD

Chastletown Station, south-western QLD

Cheviot Range, central QLD

Currawillinghi, south central QLD

Evelyn Massacre, north QLD

Flaggy Creek, north QLD

Gilpeppee, western QLD

Gray Rock, north QLD

Isis Downs, QLD

Jirin, north QLD

Kulpie Waterhole, western QLD

Longton, north QLD

Morney Plains, western QLD

Mt Farquharson, north QLD

Nocaboorara, south-west QLD

Rifle Creek, north QLD

Skull Lagoon, north QLD

Spring Creek, Mowbray Valley, north QLD

Springfield, central QLD

Springfield, north QLD

Tanbar, south-west QLD

The Dip, north QLD

Vine Creek, north QLD

Wambiana, north QLD