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Some Known Conflicts

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H. Calvert, ‘A Deadly Encounter’, 1870s. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. (Picture digitally coloured.

Some Known Conflicts

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Timeline

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Colonial Frontier Conflicts–Timeline
The Timeline below lists some known dates on which, and locations where, conflicts–from individual injuries and killings to large massacres and wars– occurred between colonists and First Peoples. The Timeline begins before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 because there were earlier encounters between European explorers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that led to violence, even death. More dates and locations of conflicts will be added as information comes to hand and time permits. Also as time permits, tables including more details about each conflict, where known, will be added to the website. (A massive task under way).

TG Moyle, The Wills Tragedy, 1861. The arrival of the Neighbouring Squatters & Men collecting and burying the Dead &c. After the Attack by the Blacks on H.S. Wills Esq’s Station Leichhardt District. Queensland, October 19th 1861, painting, watercolour, 47 x 74 cm. In the collection of the State Library of Queensland. This painting depicts the aftermath of the 1861 Cullinguringa (Cullin-La-Ringo) massacre near Springsure, Queensland in which Aboriginal people killed 19 colonists–the deadliest recorded attack against Europeans in the colonial frontier period.

The main sources for this list are included in individual lists for Australian States and Territories, in the Bibliography and in Journal Articles. Many thanks also to readers who contact the author with details of conflicts not yet included. This is invaluable information. If you would like to contact Australian Frontier Conflicts, fill out the form on the Contact page.

WARNING: Some of the names of places included in the following list, derived from geographic names registers, from historical and modern-day maps and other primary and secondary sources, are offensive and may be upsetting to some readers. These placenames reflect the attitudes, racism and activities of the people who gave these places English or other European names during the frontier period.

1770	29 April	Botany Bay, NSW, Captain James Cook fires at an Aboriginal man, grazing his leg.
1788	24 January–10 March	12 kms south of La Perouse, Sydney, NSW, French under command of La Perouse kill 20 Aboriginal people with musket fire.
1788	22 February	Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, NSW, British marines fire on Eora people.
1788	10 March	Sydney Cove, NSW, Eora wounded convicts in bush.
1788	May	Rushcutter's Bay, Sydney, NSW, convicts Samuel Davis and William Okey killed in reprisal for taking Eora canoes.
1788	22 May	Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, NSW, convict speared and killed.
1788	23 May	Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, NSW, convicts attack Eora killing an Aboriginal person.
1788	July	Sydney, NSW, convict speared in the head.
1788	2 October	Botany Bay, NSW, Cupper Handley murdered and mutilated.
1788	December	Sydney, NSW, Arabanoo (Manly) captured.
1789		Toongabbie, Sydney, NSW, two Aboriginal adults killed. Child who survived, taken in, brought up by colonists.
1789	April	Sydney Cove and vicinity, NSW, smallpox epidemic, possibly deliberately spread by colonists, kills about 1,000 Aboriginal people––up to half the local Aboriginal population.
1789	26 September	Middle Head, Sydney, NSW, two of 50 Aboriginal men killed in attack on Henry Hacking.
1789	25 November	Sydney, NSW, Bennelong and Colbee captured.
c. 1790		Sydney, NSW, John McIntyre suspected of killing at least one Aboriginal man.
1790		New South Wales, Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars begin
1790		New South Wales, punitive expedition against Pemulwuy, Tedbury and others begins.
1790	7 September	Manly, Sydney, NSW, Wileemarin, and Eora man, spears Governor Arthur Phillip in the shoulder. Phillip survives.
1790	10 December	Sydney, NSW, John McIntyre, Governor Phillip’s gamekeeper, speared.
1790	28 December	Sydney, NSW, British marines track and kill Bangai, an Eora man, after he takes potatoes from a local garden.
1790–1800		Sydney Cove War, British encroachment on Aboriginal land; more than 26 colonists and an unknown number of Aboriginal people die.
1790–1802		Sydney Cove and vicinity, NSW, conflicts occur between colonists and Aboriginal people at locations such as Port Jackson, Prospect, Toongabbie, Georges River, Parramatta, Brickfield Hill, Hawkesbury River, Rosehill and Manly.
1791	20 January	Sydney, NSW, McIntyre dies of spear wound.
1792		Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, NSW, colonists kill two Dharug men in reprisal for murder of Sarah Hodgkinson's husband.
1792	September	Torres Strait, QLD, ships under command of Captain William Bligh fire on 'native' canoes.
1792–1902		Propsect, Toongabbie, Georges River, Parramatta, Brickfield Hill, Hawkesbury River, NSW: colonists kidnap Aboriginal children.
1794		Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, NSW, an Aboriginal boy dragged over hot coals, thrown in the river, then shot.
1794–96		Deerubbun (Hawkesbury) Region near Sydney, NSW conflicts between colonists and Aboriginal people
1795		Richmond Hill Battle, near Sydney, NSW
1795	7 June	Parramatta or Hawkesbury River, NSW, Lt Governor William Paterson sends troops against Aboriginal people with instructions to kill as many as possible. Unknown number killed, 10 prisoners taken.
1797		Moruya, south coast, NSW, Yuin people kill 13 survivors of Sydney Cove wreck.
1797		Port Jackson; Georges River; Toongabbie, NSW, Governor King orders reprisal against Aboriginal attacks at these locations.
1797	March	Toongabbie; Parramatta, NSW, conflict involving Pemulwuy, Aboriginal clan members, armed soldiers and colonists. Up to 50 Aboriginal people killed, one soldier speared.
1799		Newcastle, NSW, unknown number of Aboriginal men shot after asking for axes in exchange for use of their land.
1799		Rose Hill, near Parramatta, NSW, troops sent out after Pemulwuy; five Aboriginal men killed. Pemulwuy injured in the head, taken to hospital but escapes.
1799	16 July	Point Skirmish (South Point), Boorabee (Bribie) Island, QLD, Captain Matthew Flinders sails with Bongaree and crew on the Norfolk from Glass House Bay to Boorabee (Bribie) Island. After landing from a smaller craft, they encounter Aboriginal people, one of whom tries to remove Flinders' hat. The Aboriginal man throws a spear near the boat. Flinders fires his musket and wounds the Aboriginal man. Flinders names the spot Point Skirmish (now known as South Point).
1799–1805		Hawkesbury–Parramatta, near Sydney, NSW, Black Wars
1800s		Grafton, NSW, two Aboriginal men shot near showground.
1801		Georges River, south of Sydney, NSW, Pemulwuy spears a colonist.
1802	2 June	Parramatta, NSW, Pemulwuy shot, decapitated, head sent to Sir Joseph Banks in England.
1802–1836		Kangaroo Island, SA, whalers, sealers, runaway convicts, ships' deserters, farmers and other colonists visit or take over land on Kangaroo Island. Many of the men abduct Aboriginal women by force from the mainland and Tasmania. Lawlessness prevails. Emus wiped out on the island. Kangaroos and seals hunted to near extinction.
1803		Port Phillip district, VIC
1803	October	Corio Bay, near Melbourne, VIC
1803–1830		Tasmania, Black Wars
1804		Newcastle, NSW, more conflict between colonists and Aboriginal people
1804	3 May	Risdon Cove,TAS Large number (30 or more) of Big River people killed and wounded in River Derwent, north of Hobart, in encounters with colonists (including convicts) and the military. Soldiers and colonists use rifles, pistols, muskets and a carronade loaded with grapeshot against the Aboriginal people, armed only with spears, who were apparently hunting kangaroos.
1804	22 July	Jervis Bay, NSW, sailors from the Conquest kill Aboriginal people.
1805	September	Mangrove Flat (Gentleman's Halt) opposite Spencer, NSW, two Aboriginal men, Branch Jack and Woglomigh, killed.
1805	27 October	Jervis Bay, NSW, report of Europeans speared. Possible reprisal attack for killings by Conquest sailors.
1805	5 December	Jervis Bay, NSW, Aboriginal people attack survivors of Fly shipwreck. Thomas Evans killed, Rushworth speared.
1806	15 March	Twofold Bay, NSW, sealers from the shipwrecked whaler, George, massacre Aboriginal people.
1806	6 April	Twofold Bay, NSW, report that sealers, crew of George, have shot and killed nine Aboriginal people, hung bodies from trees.
1808	15 May	Batemans, Bay, NSW, three of five crew of the Fly reported murdered by Aboriginal people at Batemans Bay.
1808	October	Hawkesbury area, NSW, clash between colonists and Aborigines on Singleton's farm. Leg injury to servant, one Aboriginal person killed, others wounded.
1809	26 September	Bond Farm, George's River, NSW, skirmish between Pemulwuy's son, Tedbury, and Meredith and other farmers.
1810	5 February	Parramatta, NSW, Edward Luttrell shoots Tedbury.
1814	May/June	Appin area, NSW, skirmishes between colonists and Aboriginal people.
1815		Bathurst, NSW, possible killing of an escaped convict by Aboriginal people
1816	March–May	Cumberland Plain, NSW, Aboriginal people murder Rev. Thomas Hassall's shepherd, Bromley.
1816	March–May	Cumberland Plain, NSW, Governor Macquarie's undeclared war begins against Aboriginal people.
1816	16 April	Appin, near Cataract Gorge, west of Sydney, NSW, massacre of many Aboriginal people.
1819		Bathurst area, NSW, spearing of Lt William Lawson's horse.
27 October 1820		Newcastle, NSW, Runaway convict, John Kirby, seriously wounds Burragong, 'King "Jack, Chief of the Newcastle tribe"', with a knife, while Aboriginal men are trying to bring in Kirby and another convict, James Thompson to British authorities. Burragong subsequently dies from his wounds. Kirby is charged and executed for Burragong's murder. Kirby was the first European in New South Wales to be executed for the murder of an Aboriginal person.
1821–39		The Falls area, NSW, period of conflict between colonists and Aborigines
1821	February	Billyeena Station, Cudgegong River, north-east of Mudgee, NSW, George Cox leads a shooting party against Aboriginal people. Unknown number shot.
1821	6 February	Bathurst area, NSW, Aborigines kill Private James King.
c. 1822		Bathurst area, NSW, Aborigines kill convict for rape of an Aboriginal girl.
1822		Near Bathurst, NSW, Windradyne leads Wiradjuri against colonists.
1822		New South Wales, large-scale killings of Aboriginal people
1822		"Claremont", William Lee's Farm, 10 km north-east of Bathurst, NSW, Aborigines kill a shepherd.
1822		Billyeena Station, Cudgegong River, north-east of Mudgee, NSW, Aboriginal warning attack
1822		Swallow Creek (government station), NSW, Aboriginal attack on station
1822	15 April	Illawarra area, NSW, Seth Hawker murders an Aboriginal woman. He is tried but acquitted.
1823–24		Black War of Bathurst, NSW (some individual incidents listed below).
1823	October, November	Swallow Creek, Molong, Wellington districts, NSW, Aboriginal people attack stations in these districts and those of Wylde and Marsden and Palmer's "Toulon" station west of Bathurst.
1823	November	Swallow Creek (government station), NSW, Aboriginal attacks force abandonment of station.
1824		Bungendore (Bungendaw) run, NSW, Captain Richard Brooks's stockmen abduct two Aboriginal girls, Weereewaa people assemble to avenge their kidnapping.
1824	c. January	Bathurst area, NSW, Windradyne captured, imprisoned at Bathurst for a month. Colonists use arsenic-laced flour and damper to poison hungry Aboriginal people.
1824	March	Brymair, Capertee Valley, near Rylstone, NSW, Dabee massacre Shepherds abduct a young Aboriginal woman holding her for days. She escapes. Male relatives of the woman retaliate, killing the shepherds, burning down their hut, killing and eating some of their sheep. In a punitive attack, a military detachment shoot every Aboriginal man, woman and child they can find. Only a few Aboriginal ;people lived to tell this story.
1824	March	Kelso, near Bathurst, NSW, 'Potato Field Incident': Aborigines offered potatoes, return next day for more, fired upon while gathering potatoes. Several Aboriginal people shot dead, some wounded. Incident sparks retaliations led by Windradyne.
1824	19 March	Swallow Creek (government station), NSW, reoccupied. Up to 60 Aboriginal men attack, two killed. "Taylor", Columbummero and Callalbegary captured.
1824	May	Near Mudgee, NSW at William Lane's farm, seven colonists killed.
1824	24 May	Warren Gunyah Station, Wattle Flat near Bathurst, NSW, two stock keepers killed; one speared.
1824	24 May	Winburndale Rivulet, north of Bathurst, NSW, shepherds killed, huts destroyed, sheep killed.
1824	31 May	Near Mudgee, NSW at William Lane's farm, five colonists in punitive expedition against Aboriginal people, but claim not to have seen any. Later admit to killing three Aboriginal women in a 'skirmish' with 30 warriors bearing spears. Colonists tried for manslaughter but acquitted.
1824	31 May	Mrs Hassell's station, O'Connell Plains, NSW, Aboriginal men attack a stockman, wounding him twice with spears.
1824	May?	Murdering Hut, Millah Murrah Station, south-west of Wattle Flat, near Bathurst, NSW, Samuel Terry builds homestead on a bora ground, poisons Aboriginal people with arsenic.
1824	May?	Millah Murrah Station, NSW, Windradyne leads Aboriginal revenge attack, three colonists killed.
1824	June	North of Bathurst, NSW, colonists' retaliation; unknown number of Aboriginal women killed.
1824	Bef. July	William Lawson's Upper Station, Campbell River, NSW, four stock keepers killed.
1824	Bef. July	North-east of Rockley, near Bathurst, NSW, two stock keepers killed.
1824	12 August	Emu Plains, Sidmouth Valley, Two Mile Creek near Bathurst, NSW, farm labourer speared. Colonists retaliate, three Aboriginal women shot dead. Other Aboriginal people killed.
1824	14 August	Governor Brisbane proclaims Martial Law, Bathurst area, NSW
1824	14 August–11 December	Martial Law in place against the Wiradjuri, Bathurst area, NSW
1824	26 August	Mill Post Station, Bathurst, NSW, hut keeper killed, hut destroyed in retaliation after station set up on sacred site and stock yards built on corroboree ground.
1824	27 August	Warren Gunyah Station, Wattle Flat, Bathurst, NSW, three shepherds killed, huts burnt.
1824	August	Millah Murrah Station, north of Bathurst, NSW, three Aboriginal women and a boy killed in retribution for killing shepherds.
1824	6 September	Mudgee, NSW, colonists kill between five and 16 Aboriginal men in retaliation for dispersing cattle.
1824	September	Bell Falls Gorge, NSW, massacre of Aboriginal people believed to have taken place during Major James Morisset's punitive expedition.
1824	September–November	Battle of Bathurst, NSW: up to 1,000 Aboriginal people believed to have perished.
1824		Billiwillinga station, Mt Rankin area on banks of the Macquarie River near Bathurst, NSW, after the Proclamation of Martial Law, group of about 30 Aboriginal people (mostly women and children) massacred when military offer them food.
1824		Capertee Valley, north of Bathurst, NSW, military party massacre unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1824		Clear Creek headwaters, about 15 km north of Bathurst, NSW, shepherd killed, large numbers of Aboriginal people rounded up and killed in retaliation.
1824		Cox's landholding near Mudgee, NSW, Aboriginal people, including the warrior, Blucher, shot when driving cattle off this land.
1824		Raineville Station, south-east of O'Connell near Bathurst, NSW, three Aboriginal men murdered in retaliation for killing stock and rushing a mob of sheep.
1825		Hunter region, NSW, about five 'clashes' between colonists and Aborigines in the Hunter.
1825	28 October	Martindale, south of Denman, NSW, Robert Greig and a convict worker killed during an Aboriginal raid.
1825	October/November	Putty, NSW, soldiers pursue Aborigines who attacked at Putty.
1826	Bef. 6 May	Inverary Park Station, Lake George, NSW, stock keeper speared to death for trying to abduct an Aboriginal man's wife.
1826	June	Edinglassie, Hunter region, NSW, Aborigines wound shepherd.
1826	June	Ravensworth, Hunter region, NSW, hut keeper killed.
1826	July/August	Fal Brook Farm, near Singleton, NSW, Aborigines attempt to plunder farm; two colonists wounded.
1826	July–16 August	Scone, Muswellbrook, Denman and Singleton, NSW, mounted police capture Aboriginal people, execute some.
1826	August	Merton district, Hunter region, NSW, mounted police wantonly maltreat Aboriginal people, some arrested.
1826	28–29 August	Upper Hunter region, NSW, 200 Aboriginal people visit Merton in response; 11 to 15 proceed to Fal Brook via Ravensworth, burn grass at several farms. Two colonists killed, two wounded.
1826	31 August–1 September	Upper Hunter, NSW, magistrate Scott leads punitive expedition of 14 men; 18 Aboriginal people killed. More than 10 major and minor 'collisions' between colonists and Aboriginal people in the Hunter in 1826 according to magistrates.
1826	December	Bank Hill Farm, TAS
1826	March	Great Swanport, TAS
1826	April	Mount Augustus, TAS
1826	May	Sally Peak, TAS
1827		Near Cootralanta Lake, Monaro region, NSW, Aborigines attack Richard Brooks Jnr and party, scattering cattle later found at "Gejizric" (Gegedzerick) Flat near Berridale.
1827	June	Dairy Plains, TAS
1827	June	Laycock Plains, TAS
1827	June	Quamby Brook, TAS
1827	June	Quamby Bluff, TAS
1827	June	Blackmans River, TAS
1827	December	Sorell Valley, TAS
1827	December	Brumby Creek, TAS
1827	December	Dairy Plains, TAS
1827	11 December	Wellington, NSW, George Brown shoots Aboriginal girl, who came to the door with other children, asking for food.
1828		Near Lake Bathurst, NSW, two of Edward Hall's stockmen killed, Aboriginal people suspected of killings.
1828	10 February	Cape Grim, TAS
1828	March	Miles Opening, TAS
1828	March	Bullock Hunting Ground, TAS
1828	April	Elizabeth River, TAS
1828	July	Eastern Tiers, TAS
1828	October	Jordan River, TAS
1829	January	Tooms Lake, TAS
1829	January	Break O’Day Plains, TAS
1829	January	St Pauls River, TAS
1829	February	West Tamar area, TAS
1829	March	Cataract Gorge, near Launceston, TAS
1829	June	Pittwater, TAS
1829	September	Ben Lomond, TAS
1829	October	Ouse River, TAS
1830s		Coolac near Gundagai, NSW
1830s		Ovens River near Wangaratta, VIC
1830	February	Clyde/Ouse Rivers, TAS
1830	May	Fremantle, WA
1830s–40s		Murrumbidgee River area, NSW (some locations below)
		Duck Bend, near Narrandera, NSW
		Green Swamp, near Buckinbong Homestead, near Narrandera, NSW
		Hulong (Ulong) Sandhill, near Narrandera, NSW
		Massacre (Murdering) Island, near Narrandera, NSW (see below under 1841)
		Poison(ed) Waterholes Creek, Sturt Highway, near Narrandera, NSW
1830–50		Port Phillip District Wars, VIC
1831	30 April	Murray River mouth, SA
Mid-1831		Stradbroke Island, QLD
1831–32		Moreton Island, QLD
1832		Perth area, WA, Yagan and others fight colonists.
1832	November	Stradbroke Island, QLD
1832	18 December	Murramarang headland, north of Bateman's Bay, NSW
c. 1833		Clontarf Hill (Hamilton Hill Swamp),south of Fremantle, WA, massacre of Aboriginal people believed to have occurred during Acting Governor Ellis's search for Yagan.
1833	11 July	Perth area, WA, Yagan killed.
1833–34		Convincing Ground, between Portland and the Surrey River, VIC
1834		Acton peninsula, ACT, then in NSW. Now National Museum of Australia, Canberra site.
1834	28 October	Battle of Pinjarra, WA
1834		Fairy Bower Falls, now in Morton National Park, near Bundanoon, NSW, believed from oral history to be a site where Aboriginal people were massacred.
1835		Mt Mackenzie, near the Gloucester River, NSW
1835	25 April	Near Tabratong, NSW, Richard Cunningham, botanist with Thomas Mitchell's expedition, killed by Aboriginal people 84 kms south-east of Nyngan.
1836	24 May	Mt Dispersion, between Mildura and Robinvale, VIC
1836	July	Werribee River, 35 kms south-west of Melbourne, VIC
1836	July	Williamstown, 10 kms south-west of Melbourne, VIC
1836	August?	York area, WA
1836	17 October	Barwon River, Barrabool Hills, 20 kms south-east of Colac, VIC
1837		Encounter Bay, near Victor Harbour, SA
1837		Geelong area, VIC
1837		Gravesend, west of Warialda, NSW
1837		Western VIC
1837	February	Birregurra, near Colac, VIC
1837	28 March	Cowie Creek, Geelong, VIC
1837	July	Vasse, WA
1837	November	Leigh River, 60 kms west of Geelong, VIC
1837–38	Summer	Near Golf Hill Station, Yarrowee River, north of Inverleigh, VIC
1837–1844		Port Fairy area, VIC
1838		Central Victoria
1838		Crampton’s Corner, QLD
Mid-1838		Gwydir River, NSW
1838		Berpengary, QLD, (26 miles, (c. 42 kms) from Nundah), Aboriginal people attack Moravian missionary Pastor Gottfried Haussman. He is badly wounded but escapes.
1838		Kilcoy Station, north-west of Moreton Bay, QLD
1838		Perth, WA
1838		Tarrone Station near Port Fairy, VIC
1838		Terry Hie Hie, NSW
1838	26 January	Vinegar Hill, Waterloo (Slaughterhouse/Millie) Creek, south-west of Moree, NSW
1838	March	On the way to Port Adelaide, SA
1838	12 March	Torrens River, Adelaide, SA, coroner finds labourer, Enoch Pegler, was speared to death by an unknown Aboriginal man or men about 8 March.
1838	March/April?	West of Bendigo, VIC
1838	4 April	Learmonth Station, 13 kms south of Ballarat, VIC
1838	10 April	Banks of the Yarra River, Hawthorn, Melbourne, (now site of Scotch College), VIC
1838	11 April	Battle of Broken River (Faithfull Massacre) near Benalla, VIC, additional killings of Aboriginal people followed at Murchison and Wangaratta.
1838	June	Merino Downs Station near Henty, VIC
1838	June	North-east of Malmsbury near Kyneton, VIC
1838	June	Waterloo Plains, VIC
1838	10 June	Myall Creek Massacre, near Inverell, NSW
Mid-1838		Gwydir River, NSW
1838	July	Confluence of Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, NSW
1838	July	Pyrenees Range above Trawalla, VIC
1838	July	Thomas Learmont’s station, Addington, 20 kms north-west of Ballarat, VIC
1838	Winter	Darlington Station, 16 kms north-west of Lancefield, VIC
1838	October	Merino Downs Station near Henty, VIC
1838	October	Spring Valley (Murndal), Wannon River near Merino Station, VIC
1838?	October	Murdering Flat, Clover Flat, Wannon River, near Casterton, VIC
1838	November	Spring Valley (Murndal), Wannon River near Merino Station, VIC
1838–1839		Central Victoria
1838/39?		Tamworth, NSW
1838–1841		Bathurst, NSW (Wiradjuri Wars)
c. 1839		Glenormiston Station, near Terang, VIC
1839		Lake Colac, 5 kms north of Colac, VIC
1839		Longhorne's Ferry, Victor Harbour, SA
1839		Tamworth, NSW
1839 or 1840		Between Colban and Campaspe Rivers near Bendigo, VIC
1839		Murdering Gully (Puuroyup), Mount Emu Creek, Camperdown district, VIC
1839	8 January	Brewarrena (Brewarrina) Station, NSW, hut keeper, Irish convict Dennis Denay, ambushed and killed.
1839	February	Maiden Hills, near Lexton, VIC
1839	22 February	Near Brillinball Station, Narrandera area, NSW, John Williams, Michael Byrne's convict servant, speared to death.
1839	28 February	Near Billinbah, Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Aboriginal attack on two convicts, one Aboriginal man shot.
1839	April	11 miles (c. 17.7 kms) north-east of Adelaide, SA
1839	May–June	Campaspe Plains massacre, Campaspe Creek, VIC
1839	12 June	Adelaide, SA, hanging of two Kaurna men for murder
1839	20 June	Lake Boga, 10 kms south-east of Swan Hill, VIC
1839	22 June	Mount Ida Creek, near Heathcote, VIC
1839	July	Coleraine, VIC
1839	July	Gerangamete, VIC
1839	July	Mia Mia, VIC, bodies of murdered Aboriginal people thrown into a waterhole in the creek below the local school, according to oral history.
1839	July	Mt Alexander, 30 kms south-east of Bendigo, VIC
1839	August	North Yanco Station at Cudgel Creek, near Narrandera, NSW, Aboriginal people attacked James Byrne, people chased across river.
1839	October	Morgan (Great South Bend), SA, Aboriginal people attack an overlanders party. Overseer Thomas Young killed. Overlanders kill 11 Aboriginal people in retaliation.
1839	October	Murray River, above Lake Alexandrina, SA, overlander Peter Snodgrass is attacked. Several Aboriginal people wounded. Sheep driven off.
1839	November	Darling River, NSW, overlander Alexander Buchanan's party attacked while crossing the Darling River. A number of Aboriginal people killed, many wounded. Buchanan attacks Aboriginal camp after sheep speared.
	November	Spring Cart Gully, two miles (c. 3.2 kms) north-east of Morgan, SA
1839 or 1840		The Blood-hole (Bloody Creek), Middle Creek, near Glengower Creek, western VIC
1839–1840		Between Coliban and Campaspe Rivers near Bendigo, VIC
1839–40		Goulburn District, VIC?
1839–42/7		Eumeralla War, Mount Napier Station, 20 kms south-east of Hamilton, VIC
1839–42		Port Lincoln, SA, Aboriginal resistance to colonists
1839–1842		Mount Rouse Station or Weerangourt Station, VIC
1840s?		Blackadder/Cassons Creek-Red Rock area, NSW
1840s?		Green Hills, bank of Red Rock River opposite Red Rock and Station Creek, NSW
1840s		Laidley, NSW
1840s		Clarence River district, NSW, as the frontier expanded, initially peaceful relations between colonists and Aboriginal people broke down.
1840s		Avon River, near York, WA, fighting between colonists and Aboriginal people continues.
1840s		Clarence River stations, NSW, in the early 1840s, Aboriginal people from the area between Dorrigo and Kangaroo Creek, launch small attacks on runs in the Clarence River district.
1840s		Kangaroo Creek (east of Nymboida), NSW, Aboriginal people continue attacks on colonists holding runs around Kangaroo Creek.
1840s		Murdering Flat near Tintaldra, VIC
1840s		Murdering Flat, Tooma River near Greg Greg, NSW
1840s		Port Fairy, VIC
1840s		Wire Fence (Minnie Water), NSW
1840s		Red Rock, NSW
c. 1840		Bogan River, NSW, William Lee's run, Aborigines attack stockmen while building a stockyard. Three stockmen killed, buried in stockyard.
Early 1840		Near Mt Rouse, south-western VIC
Early 1840		Mount Napier Station, 20 kms south of Hamilton, VIC
1840		Grampians, VIC
1840		Long Lagoon Station, QLD
1840		Mount Cole, VIC
1840	January	Coliban River, near Sutton Grange, VIC
1840	13 January	Yering Station, Yarra Glen, VIC
1840	February	Merino Downs Station, Wannon River, near Henty, VIC
1840	February	Western Australia
1840	Bef. February	Tahara Station, Wannon River/McLeods Creek, VIC
1840	March	Merino Downs Station, Wannon River near Henty, VIC
1840	8 March	Hamilton, VIC
1840	8 March	Fighting Hills, the Hummocks, near Wando Vale, VIC
1840	10 March	Konong-Woontong Station, VIC
1840	April	Merino Downs Station, Wannon River, VIC
1840	1 April	Fighting Waterholes, near Konongwootong Reservoir, VIC
1840	31 May	Near Mt Lindesay, QLD, Aboriginal people kill surveyor Staplyton and his assistant Tuck.
1840	June	Colac, VIC
1840	June	Muston’s station, east of Mount Rouse, VIC
1840	June	Nangeela Station, Glenelg River, near Casterton, VIC
1840	9 June	Near Bowman and Yaldwyn’s run, central VIC
1840	June–September	The Grange Station, southern Grampians, 30 kms north-west of Hamilton, VIC
1840	July	Western District, VIC
1840	August	Henry Dutton’s run, near Ararat, VIC
1840	23 August	Maria Creek near the Coorong (The Coorong Massacre), SA
1840	Spring	Middle Creek, Glengower (Campbelltown), VIC
1840	October	Dr Officer’s station, near Lake Bolac, 50 kms south of Ararat, western VIC
1840	October	Boisdale and Bushy Park stations, 25 kms north of Sale, VIC
1840	October–December	Nuntin Station, Gippsland, VIC
1840	November	Murdering Flat, Wannon River, between Sandford Bridge and Glenelg River junction, VIC
1840	21 December	Pyrenees Range, VIC
1840	22 December	Boney Point, Gippsland, VIC
1840–1841		Woodlands Station, Wimmera River near Crowlands, VIC
1840–1850		Gippsland, VIC (see also individual locations below):
		Boole Boole, Gippsland, VIC
		Holland's Landing, VIC
		Lake's Entrance, VIC
		Medusa Point, VIC
		The Heart, VIC
1840s–50s		Salt Creek near Mt Muirhead, SA
c. 1841		South-western VIC
c. 1841		Piccaninny Waterhole, Springbank, Glenelg River, south of Casterton, VIC
1841		Butchers (Boxes) Creek, Gippsland, VIC
1841		Darkie (Darkie’s) Point, New England, NSW
1841		Glenormiston, VIC
1841		Near Lake Lonsdale, VIC
1841		Lexington, VIC
1841		Maffra, VIC
1841		Massacre (Murdering Island), Murrumbidgee River, about 8 km south-east of Narrandera, NSW, local landholders massacre an unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1841		Mt Bainbridge, VIC
1841		New England Area, NSW
1841		Orara River, NSW
1841		Port Fairy, VIC
1841		Portland, VIC
1841		Junction Wannon and Glenelg Rivers, VIC
1841	January	Gleeson Run, Hutt River, Clare, SA
1841	January	Morphet Run, Wakefield River, 20 kms north-east of Balaklava, SA
1841	February	South Australia, two Ngarrindgeri men hanged for murders of Maria shipwreck survivors.
1841	7 February	14 Mile Creek (Far Creek/Glenmona Station), Bet Bet Creek, west of Maryborough, VIC
1841	7 February	Loddon River, VIC
1841	March	Mount Cole, VIC
1841	April	Rufus River, NSW, overlanders Henry Inman and Henry Field attacked after crossing the Rufus River. South Australian Governor Lawler despatches a punitive police party but recalls it. A retaliatory party of colonists encounters 300 Aboriginal people, kills eight in a fight. Colonists repulsed, return to Adelaide.
1841	1 April	Central Victoria
1841	22 April	Clarence River, NSW, squatter Peter Cunningham Pagan, speared to death about a mile from his hut, after an armed pursuit of Aboriginal people who enter the hut looking for food as it becomes scarce after the arrival of colonists in the area.
1841	April/May	Clarence River area, NSW, colonists shoot many Aboriginal people in retribution for the spearing of Pagan. Mundi, then a child, is shot through an ear. He is one of only a few Aboriginal people to survive the attack.
1841	13 May	Lake Bonney at Langhorn's Crossing, Rufus River, 22 kms west of Renmark, SA
1841	June	Near Mount Sturgeon Station, Wannon River, VIC
1841	June	Vasse region, WA, Wonnerup Massacre
1841	2 June	Konongwootong Creek, near Coleraine, VIC
1841	June–July	Burrumbeep, south of Ararat, VIC
1841	July	Burrumbeep, south of Ararat, VIC
1841	July	Hall’s outstation, Hall’s Gap, VIC
1841	July	Good Morning Bill Creek, near Mount William, VIC
1841	31 July	Brisbane, QLD, Merridoo and Neugavil wrongfully executed, on a cross-arm of the Brisbane windmill (observatory tower), for murders of Stapylton and Tuck.
1841	July–August	William Kirk’s station, Burrumbeep, VIC
1841	August	Mt Emu, VIC
1841	August	Mt William, VIC
1841	25 August	Murray River, VIC
1841	27 August	Lake Minninup, near Augusta, WA
1841	27 August	Rufus River Massacre, NSW
1841	About 6 October	Near Harmers Haven, near Watson's Hut, about 1.5 kilometres west of Cape Paterson, VIC. Tasmanian Aborigines shoot and kill two whalers, William Cook and a man called Yankee. Various theories for the killings exist: self-defence, mistaken identity or retribution for abuse or the murder of an Aboriginal woman's husband. (More information in the Victorian Timeline).
1841	27 October	Leighton Station, Hopkins River, VIC
1841	December	Port Fairy, VIC
1841–42		Burrumbeep, VIC
1841–1842		Barton Station, head of Mount William Creek, VIC
1841–1842		Lexington, La Rose and Mokepilly Stations, VIC
1842		Balaklava, Wakefield River district, SA
1842		Brisbane Valley, QLD
1842		Bruthen Creek, Gippsland, VIC
1842		Callandoon district, McIntyre River, QLD, two hut keepers killed during a series of Aboriginal attacks.Pastoralists and police retaliate.
1842		Dutton’s farm, Port Lincoln, SA
1842		Evans Head (Goanna Headland) Massacre, NSW
1842		Hindmarsh Valley c. 10 kms from Port Lincoln, SA
1842		Kilcoy Station, QLD
1842		Net nat uungo, near Donald McKenzie’s station, Crawford River, south-western VIC
1842		Nyngan Massacre, north of Nyngan, NSW
1842		Pelican Creek Tragedy, north of Coraki, NSW
1842		Port Lincoln area, SA
1842		Skull Creek, Gippsland, VIC
1842		Streaky Bay, SA
1842		Near Tabratong, Bogan River, NSW, severe conflict between William Lee's men and Aboriginal people.
1842		Warndaa, Boggy Gully, near Black Swamp, west of Merrang House, south-western VIC
1842		Weereangourt or Mount Rouse Station, VIC
1842		Whiteside, Morton Bay, QLD
1842–??		Mt Remarkable, Melrose and Woolmington, near Port Augusta, SA
1842	3 January	Eumeralla Station, south-western VIC
1842	February	Tarrone Station, Moyne River, 19 kms north of Port Fairy, VIC
1842	3 February	Bungaree Station, Clare, SA
1842	10 February	Kapunda, Light River, SA
1842	24 February	Lubra Creek, Caramut Station, near Lubra Creek/ Penshurst-Caramut Road crossing, VIC
1842	24 February	Muston’s Creek, VIC
1842	24 April	Biddle’s station, Port Lincoln, SA
1842	24 April	Coffin Bay, 50 kms north-west of Port Lincoln, SA
Mid-1842		Biddle’s station, Port Lincoln, SA
1842	August	Tahara or Spring Valley Station, south-western VIC
1842	September	Mount Rouse, VIC
1842	October	Mount Shadwell Station, south-west VIC
1842	October	Tarrone Station, Moyne River, 19 kms north of Port Fairy, VIC
1842	10 December	Port Fairy, VIC
Bef 1843		Grampians, VIC
Bef 1843		Darlot, VIC
Bef 1843		Lake Colac, VIC
1842 or 1843		Spring Creek Station, 16 kms south-west of Caramut, VIC
1842–1852		Mandandanji Land War, southern QLD
1843		Fitzroy River, VIC
1843		Grampians, VIC
1843		Mudall Station, Bogan River, NSW, Aboriginal people attack stockmen while moving sheep on Balfour's holding. Two stockmen killed. Holdings abandoned after three more stockmen killed.
1843		Portland Bay area, VIC
1843		Warrigal Creek, Gippsland, VIC
1843		Western district, VIC
1843–1849		Castlemaddie or Ettrick pastoral runs, VIC
1843	January	Broughton River, near Port Pirie, SA
1843	7 April	Port Lincoln, SA, Nultia publicly executed on Biddle’s station.
1843	7 April	Bungaree Station, Clare, SA
1843	June	Neighbourhood of Bungaree Station, Clare, SA
1843	June	Warrigal Creek, VIC
1843	August	Koroite Station, Wannon River, VIC
1843	August	Wannon River, VIC
1843	6 August	Victoria Range, western VIC
1843	13 August	Near Mount Zero, VIC
1843	September	Headwaters, Crawford River, south-western VIC
1843	12 Sept	Battle of One Tree Hill (Mt Tabletop), near Toowoomba, QLD (led by Multuggerah)
1843	October	On road between Portland and Kanawalla Station, Wannon River, south-west VIC
1843	9 November	Glenelg River near Harrow, VIC
1844		Bluff Rock, near Tenterfield, NSW, conflicting versions of the details of Bluff Rock massacre exist. It is believed 'settlers' threw Aboriginal people from the rock in a reprisal.
1844		Deepwater area, north of Glen Innes, NSW
1844		Maffra, VIC
1844	17 October	Near Bolivia Station, Deepwater area, NSW
1844–45		Port Augusta, SA (Port Augusta War)
1844	25 January	Mullagh Station, 11 kilometres north of Harrow, VIC
1844	15 April	Grampian Range, VIC
1844	May	Grampian Range, VIC
1844	15 May	100 kilometres north of the Pyrenees Range, VIC
1844	July	Adelaide, SA
1844	13–14 July	Mt Bryan, 30 kms north-north-east of Burra, SA
1844	August	Mt Gambier, SA
1844	19 October	40 kilometres north of Longerenong Station, VIC
1844	November	Near Lake Leake, SA
1845		Deepwater, north of Glen Innes, NSW
1845		Douralie Creek, Macleay region, NSW
c. 1845		Grampians, VIC
1845		Gilbert River, far north QLD, explorer Leichhart's naturalist, Gilbert fatally speared.
1845		Hendersons Creek, Macleay area, NSW
1845		Kunderang Station, Upper Macleay, NSW
1845		Mt Remarkable, 45 kms north of Port Pirie, SA
1845		Quorn, Gawler Ranges, SA
1845		Upper Macleay River, NSW, Aboriginal people killed under a cliff.
1845		Wivenhoe, Brisbane Valley, QLD, John Uhr killed during an Aboriginal attack.
c. 1845		Henderson's Creek, Macleay area, NSW
c. 1845		Sheep Station Bluff, Macleay area, NSW
c. 1845		Wabra Station, Macleay area, NSW
1845	15 April	Deepwater area, NSW
1845	May	Near Rivoli Bay, 70 kms north-west of Mt Gambier, SA
1845	July	Mt Arapiles, VIC
1845	July	Victoria Plains, WA
1845	11 July	West of Horsham, VIC
1845	December	Western Port, VIC
Bef 1846		Streaky Bay, SA
Early 1846		Outside Anderson's Inn, Burbank (Lexton), VIC
1846		Crystal Brook, near Mt Remarkable, SA
1846		"Murdering Stumps", Tabratong Station, NSW, Aboriginal reprisal attack on William Lee's station employees at night. All but one employee killed. Dates for this incident in the Tabratong area vary from 1841, 1842, 1846 or 'before 1850'. The varying dates and sometimes differing descriptions for this conflict suggest that there were more than one that occurred on the Bogan in the 1840s to 1850s.
1846		Strathalbyn, 22.99 kms (14.29 miles) from Mt Barker, SA
1846	February	Wimmera River, later site of the Ebenezer Aboriginal Station, VIC
1846	6 February	Mullagh Station, 11 kilometres north of Harrow, VIC
1846	April	Pyrenees Range, VIC
1846	28 June	Avoca River, near Charlton, VIC
1846	August	Aire River mouth, Cape Otway, VIC
1846	August	Sterling’s station, south-east SA
1846	20 October	North Pine, south-east QLD, Aboriginal people led by Milbong Jemmy murder Andrew McGregor and Mrs Shannon with waddies. Mr Shannon later attacked but escapes.
1846	October	Eagle Farm, Brisbane, QLD, Milbong attacks Mr Richardson, robs his house.
1846	October	Doughboy Creek, (now part of Hemmant), Brisbane, QLD, Milbong attacks sawyers, is shot, dies almost immediately.
1846	September	Rivoli Bay, 65 kms north-west of Mt Gambier, SA
1846	November	Gippsland, VIC
1846	11 November	Near North Avenue, Guichen Bay, Robe, SA
1846	December	Snowy River, VIC
1846–47		Central Gippsland, VIC
1847		Clarence River, NSW
1847		Kilcoy Station, Upper Brisbane River, QLD, station hands set a trap, putting aresenic-laced flour in hut. Aboriginal people rob the hut, many die after eating the flour.
1847		Mount Eccles, VIC
1847		Mount Talbot, VIC
1847	January	Robe, SA
1847	April	Eumeralla district, south-western VIC
1847	Mid-April	Whiteside Station, QLD
1847	20 May	Euremete and Lyne Stations adjoining Branxholme, south-western VIC
1847	July	Mount Napier, VIC
1847	August	Mt Gambier, SA
1847	11 September	North Pine, Brisbane district, QLD, Aborigines, led by Dundalli, kill William Waller and badly wound William Boller. James Smith escapes.
1847	September	Goodar near Callandoon, QLD, James Marks kills an Aboriginal man.
1847	13 Oct	Mary River, Maryborough district, QLD, George Furber and friend attacked by Aboriginal assistants while building a wool shed. Furber is wounded, his friend killed. Furber later retaliates shooting the Aboriginal men who attacked him.
1847	October	Mount Talbot, VIC
1847	25 November	At, or near, Anderson and Mills’s public house, Buninyong, VIC
1847	c. 28 November	Kangaroo Creek run, south-east of Nymboida, Clarence River district, NSW. More than 20 Aboriginal people die after eating poisoned flour given to them by run-holder Thomas Coutts.
1847–49		Mt Abundance, near Roma, QLD, Aboriginal people kill seven Europeans.
1847–1851		Aroona Station, Orroroo, north-west of Hawker, SA
1848		Butcher's Tree, near Brewarrina, NSW, massacre of Aboriginal people
1848		Escape River, tip of Cape York, Qld, explorer Edmund Kennedy speared, dies in the arms of Aboriginal tracker, Jackey Jackey.
1848		Hospital Creek, near Brewarrina, NSW, masscre of Aboriginal people
1848		Tingun Station, near Roma, QLD, Aboriginal people attack James Blythe and drive him off the station.
1848		Maryborough, QLD, Aborigines kill George Furber and his brother-in-law in the bush.
1848		Umbercollie, QLD
1848		Waterloo Bay (Elliston), SA
1848		Wimmera district, VIC
1848	February	Murrumbidgee station, Murray area, VIC
1848	31 March	Port Lincoln, SA
1849		Avenue Range Station, Mount Gambier area, SA
1849		Balonne and Condamine Rivers, QLD
1849		Bigumbul, QLD
1849		Brown’s run, near Robe, SA
1849		Carbucky, QLD
1849		Fowlers Bay, WA, public execution of Wirangu men, (public executions banned)
1849		Mt Wedge Station, Elliston, SA, public execution of Nawu men (public executions banned)
1849		Paddy Island, upper Burnett River, QLD
1849		Port Lincoln, SA
1849		Severn River, QLD
1849	4 June	Gin Gin Station (now part of the town of Gin Gin), Burnett area, QLD, Aborigines kill shepherds, the Pegg brothers.
1849	Aft 4 June	The Cedars, QLD, Gregory Blaxland, the Thompson brothers and friendly Aborigines kill 'scores of blacks' in a reprisal for the Pegg brothers' deaths.
1849	26 June	Wannon River, western VIC
1849	October	South-east SA
1840s–1850s		Murderers’ Flat, Darlots Creek, near site of Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission, VIC
1850		Brodribb River, at the Mllly (Mille) or Cabbage Tree Creek, near Orbost, VIC
1850		Gippsland, VIC
1850		Murrindal near Orbost, VIC
1850	March	Yuleba Creek, QLD
1850	August	Gin Gin Station, QLD, Aborigines ambush and kill Gregory Blaxland near the station homestead.
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.
1850s		Black Head, East Ballina, NSW
1850s		Blackfellow’s Creek, Barmera, SA
1850s		Cobdolgla Station, 40 kms south-west of Renmark, SA
1850s		Kingston Ferry, 10 kms west of Barmera, SA
1850s		North-east of Lake Bonney, SA
1850s		Mt Serle (Searle), 50 kms east of Leigh Creek, SA
1850s		Teewah Beach, Noosa area, QLD, a massacre of Aboriginal people is believed to have taken place on Teewah Beach.
1850s–1860s		Boomerang Point, south of Rotamah, Lake Reeve, 20 kms s-e of Bairnsdale, VIC, massacre of Aboriginal people
1851		Maranoa, QLD
1852		Fraser Island, QLD
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	May–July	Yamboucal Station, near Surat, QLD
	22 August	'Meldrum Massacre', Bald Hills Station, Armidale district, NSW Murders, allegedly committed by Aboriginal people, of colonists John Meldrum, Mary Mason and her two children, aged 3 and 18 months. The murders may have been in retaliation for the poisoning of Aboriginal people, with arsenic-laced flour, by other colonists.
1852	22 August	Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, Davey, an Aboriginal man, hanged for the murder of Adolphus Trevethan.
1852	September	Mt Aden, near Port Lincoln, SA
1852	30 September	Bordertown, SA
c. 1853		Ballina, NSW
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.
1853–54		Black Head, East Ballina, NSW
c. 1854		Miriam Vale, QLD
1854		Granville, QLD
1854		Tiereyboo, QLD
1854	19 September	Mt Brown, east of Port Pirie, SA
1854	25 December	Mt Larcom Station, Port Curtis district, QLD, Aborigines murder five of Young's employees while he is visiting Gladstone. Native Police pursue murderers, killing many.
1855		Middlecap Station, Franklin Harbour, Cowell, SA
1855	5 January	Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, Dundalli hanged.
1856		Wangerriburra/Mt Wetheren, NSW
1856		Werribone, QLD
1856		Towel Creek, Macleay River, NSW
1856	10 January	South Australia, four Banggarla men hanged for murder and sheep stealing.
1856–57		Hornet Bank, Dawson River, QLD
1857		Mt Serle (Searle), SA
1857	27 October	Upper Dawson River, QLD, Hornet Bank Massacre, of the Fraser family and an Aboriginal man
1857–58		Dawson River district, QLD, retaliatory massacres of hundreds of Yeeman Aboriginal people
1858		John Jacob’s run, Arkaroola Creek, 100 kms east-north-east of Leigh Creek, SA
1858		Fairymead, QLD
1858		Maryborough, QLD
1858		Tibradden Station, Victoria River district, inland from Geraldton, WA
1858	6 April	Eurombah Station, Dawson River area, QLD, Aborigines kill two shepherds.
1859		Lake Bolac Station, western VIC
1859	c. March	Upper Irwin River, mid-west WA
1859	September	Near Brisbane QLD, shooting of an Aboriginal woman and injuries to two children.
1860	25 June	Attack Creek (Goaranalki), Stuart Highway, 74 kms north of Tennant Creek, NT, Warumungu attack on explorer John McDouall Stuart and party. Stuart turns back.
1860		Bendemere, QLD, Frederick Carr's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1860		Fassifern, QLD, Frederick Wheeler's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1860		Flinders Peak, near Ipswich, QLD, Frederick Wheeler's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1860		Maryborough, QLD, John Bligh's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1860		Venus Bay, 60 kms south-east of Streaky Bay, SA. Execution of more Nawu men
1860		Venus Bay, 60 kms south-east of Streaky Bay, SA
1860s		South Ballina, NSW
Early 1860s		"Waterview", north Bundaberg, QLD
1861		Albinia Downs, QLD
1861		Near Emerald, QLD
1861		Fairfield Station, QLD, William Moorhead's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1861		Flinders River, QLD, Native Police kill 12 Aboriginal people in a clash over the right to camp at a fresh water spring.
1861		Maranoa, QLD
1861		Medway Ranges (Central Highlands), QLD
1861		Manumbar, QLD, Rudolph Morisset's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1861		Planet Creek, Springsure district, QLD, Native Police involved in killing Aboriginal people.
1861	17 October	Cullinguringa (Cullin-La-Ringo) Massacre or Wills Tragedy, north of Springsure, QLD About 50 Aboriginal people attack a group of colonists, who were attempting to set up a farm at Cullinguringa. Nineteen of the 25 men, women and children are killed. The huge squatting party, that included bullock waggons and more than 10,000 sheep, had attracted the attention, not only of Aboriginal people, but of other squatters. At least 300 Aboriginal people are killed in vigilante reprisals and native police patrols that occur over later days and weeks.
1861	November	Roxburgh (Roxborough) Downs, QLD
c. 1862		Cape Upstart, QLD
1862		Caboolture, near Brisbane, QLD
1862		Coongoola, QLD
1862		Dawson River, QLD, Ralph Johnson's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1862		Fowlers Bay, 140 kms west of Ceduna, SA
1862		Tibradden Station, WA
1862		Venus Bay, 60 kms south-east of Streaky Bay, SA
1863		Gayndah, QLD, Joseph Harris's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1863		Meteor Creek, Springsure district, QLD, William Sharpe's Native Police detachment kill at least one Aboriginal person.
1863		Tieryboo, QLD, Frederick Carr's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1863		Yatton, QLD, Marmaduke Richardson's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1864		Eureka near Bundaberg, QLD, Brown's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1864		Mullewa, WA
1864		Pabaju (Albany Island), QLD
1864		Stuckey and Elders’ run, Umberatana Station, 120 kms west of Lyndhurst, SA
1864		Tibradden Station, WA
1864	4 June	Sander’s run, QLD
1864	10 June	Expedition Range, QLD
1864	Mid-	Murdering Creek near Lake Weyba, Noosa Heads area, QLD, massacre of Aboriginal people.
1864	16 December	Nassau River, QLD
1864	18 December	Mitchell River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD, Battle of the Mitchell, Aboriginal warriors, hurling spears, fight a pitched battle against armed Europeans. Many warriors killed or injured. No colonists died or injured.
1865		Calliope, QLD, Arthur Beevor's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
1865		Dawson River district, QLD, Otto Paschen's Police detachment involved in 'numerous collisions'.
1865		Glenmore, QLD
1865		La Grange Bay area, Kimberley region, WA
1865		Mailman's Gorge, near Aramac, QLD
1865		Moola Bulla, WA
1865		Thouringowa (Thuringowa) Waterhole, QLD
1865	May	Near Rannes, QLD, Native Police Officer, Cecil Hill, killed during an Aboriginal attack.
1865	8 June	Rio Station, Dawson River, QLD, Aborigines ambush and kill a European police sergeant and three Aboriginal troopers. Native Polive miunt a revenge expedition.
Mid-1860s		West of Rockhampton, QLD
c. 1866		Chesterton (Pigeon Creek), QLD
1866		Banana, QLD, Native Police officer, Edward Seymour, kills an Aboriginal woman.
1866		Pearl Creek, QLD
1866		Perch Creek, QLD
1866	December	Lake Perigundi, Cooper’s Creek Tirari Desert, 110 kms north-east of Marree, SA
1867		Goulbolba Hill, Central QLD
1867		Morinish, QLD, Myrtil Aubin's Native Police detachment kills unknown number of Aboriginal people.
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, north QLD
c. 1867		Broadsound district, QLD
1868		Albert Downs, Gregory River, QLD, Aboriginal people rob station of firearms, axes, food and other supplies. 'Dispersed by the 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 the law of the carbine'. No deaths or injuries reported.
1868		Grosvenor Downs, QLD
1868		Inverleigh, QLD
1868		Kimberleys, WA
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 of Aboriginal people
1868	February–May	Flying Foam Passage, King Bay, Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula), WA, Flying Foam Massacres of Aboriginal people
1868	October	Lake Tyers, VIC
1868	December	North Creek Station, Nebo, QLD, Aborigines murder JT Collins.
1869		Bowen district, QLD
1869		Kourareg, on 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.
1870–1890		Kalkadoon Wars, Mt Isa region, QLD (see also Battle Mountain below)
Early 1870s		Battle Hole, Barcoo River, QLD
1870s		Gilbert River, QLD
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.
1872		Aramac, Barcaldine region, QLD, Frederick Maier killed.
1872		Near Cardwell, QLD, Aborigines kill some survivors of the 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		Coast Track (the Savannah Way), Gulf Country, NT (Multiple killings)
1872		Opposite Coonanglebah (Dunk) Island, QLD, Djiru massacre
1872		Gladstone, QLD, Native police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1872		Herbert River, far north QLD, Charles Shairp's Native Police detachment kills an Aboriginal woman.
1872		Hinchinbrook Island, QLD
1872		Mt Leonard, QLD
1872		Newcastle Waters area, NT
1872		Sweers Island, QLD
1872		Tambo, Barcoo River, central QLD, Thomas Williams's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1872		Near Yaamba, north of Rockhampton, QLD
1872		Valley of Lagoons, QLD, Johnstone's Native Police detachment alleged to have killed Aboriginal people.
1872		Wombinderry Waterhole, QLD
1872	24 April	Welford Downs Station (formerly Walton Downs Station), Barcoo River area, QLD, Aborigines murder Richard Welford, squatter and Henry Hall, stockman, while they are sawing a tree.
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 kills Aboriginal people.
1873		Palm Cove, QLD, Johnstone's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1873		Pearl Shellers’ Revenge, south-west of Somerset station, far north QLD
1873		North of Pine Creek, NT
1873		Skull Creek, near Nebo, QLD
1873	April	Green Island, off Cairns, QLD
1873	10 July	Green Island, off Cairns, QLD
1873	22 November	Gilberton goldfield, QLD, Aborigines kill two Chinese prospectors, two reported missing.
1873	c. December	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.
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.
1874		Skull Creek, 50 kms south of Barrow Creek, NT
1874	June	Green Island, off Cairns, QLD
1874	Late	Palmer River area, QLD, Aboriginal people kill Straher family.
1874–75		Blackfellow’s Creek, far north QLD
1875		Miriam Vale, QLD, Native Police officer, Alexander Douglas involved in Aboriginal killings.
1875		Palmer River area, QLD, reprisals against Aboriginal people following Straher deaths
1875	30 June	Roper Bar, near Roper River, NT, Charles Johnston killed by Aboriginal people.
1875	July?	Roper River (Mole Hill to mouth), NT, punitive expeditions after Johnston's murder
1875	7 August	Roper Bar, near Roper River, NT, Abram Daer killed by Aboriginal people.
c. 1875		Irpmankara massacre, NT
Mid to late 1800s		Bundaburra(h) Creek, near Forbes, NSW, Aboriginal people poisoned with strychnine, then 'thrown in the river near Bundaburra(h) Creek'.
1876		Banchory Station near Clermont, QLD, Native Police officer Frederick Wheeler charged with murder of an Aboriginal man named Jemmy.
1876		Creen Creek, QLD, Native Police detachments led by Armit and Poingdestre kill Aboriginal people.
1876		Kennedy River, QLD
1876	March	Mistake Creek, near Clermont, QLD
c. 1876		Kangirr Creek, QLD
1877		Corella Downs and vicinity, NT, Aboriginal people killed in punitive expedition after murders of Fred Jeffries and his Aboriginal assistant.
1877		Valley of Springs Station near Cox River, NT, Aboriginal people killed after Bird murder.
1877	2 December	Coast Track (the Savannah Way), near Nicholson River, NT, William Batten murder
1877	Aft 2 December	Coast Track, near Nicholson River, NT, punitive expeditions after Batten killing
c. 1877		Western QLD, Skull Hole Massacre
1878		Douglas River, north-west of Pine Creek, NT
1878		Coast Track (the Savannah Way), near Limmen Bight River, NT
1878		Near Daly River, NT
1878		Murray Island, QLD
1878	February	Range west of Cairns, QLD
1878	February	Tuck-au-noo, far north QLD, Aboriginal people allegedly murder W Bird in retaliation for kidnapping three members of the local tribe.
1878	31 August	Smithfield near Cairns, QLD
1878	13 December	Near Limmen Bight River, NT, murder of William Travers
1878	Aft December	Coast Track near Limmen Bight River, NT, Aboriginal people killed in punitive expedition after Travers murder.
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
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		Woonomo Billabong, Suleiman Creek, north-west QLD
1879		Selwyn Range, QLD
1879	September	Mulgrave River, near Cairns, QLD
1879		Thursday Island, QLD
1880		Horse (Horso) Creek, Kimberley region, WA The introduction of cattle and other European animals onto Aboriginal country caused much damage to traditional sites and waterholes, also upsetting the ecological balance. As in other colonies, as Europeans expanded their pastoral and mining interests in Western Australia, traditional food and water resources were disturbed, if not destroyed. In attempts to protect their country, Aboriginal people often had to hunt cattle from their lands, also resorting to killing them for food when traditional game was scarce or disappeared. At Horso (Horse) Creek about 1880 Europeans shoot a group of Gija people for driving off bullocks. To hide the evidence of the murders, the Gija people's bodies are burnt. Later the mother of a boy, who escapes the killings, finds him hiding in the carcass of a bullock.
1880		Lake Cowal, The Bland, central-western NSW, local landholders massacre Aboriginal people.
1880		Normanton district, QLD
1870s/80s		Mimosa Station, south-west of Temora, NSW, a hired hand shot and killed up to 1,000 Aboriginal people in this area.
Early 1880s		Clohesy River, near Kuranda, QLD
Early 1880s		Moonjaree, QLD
1880	March	Cocanarup, Phillips River, WA
1880	20 May	Coast Track (now called the Savannah Way), Limmen Bight River, NT, murder of John Barry
c. 1880		Butchers 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 are speared, many Aboriginal people shot. More Aboriginal people shot in later incidents.
1880s		Near Booroloola, NT
1880s		Calvert Hills, NT
1880s		Koonchera Point, Birdsville, central-western QLD, Mindiri Massacre
1880s		Koonchera Sandhill (Dune), SA
1880s		Mt Drysdale, north of Cobar, NSW
1880s		Poeppels Corner, east Simpson Desert, QLD, Wardamba Massacre
1880s		Red Rock (Blood Rock), NSW
1880s		Tinnenburra, QLD
1880s		Wollogorang (at the Pocket), NT
1880s		Wiryirbi, Clifton Hills, SA
c. 1880s		McPherson Creek (at Kawurrungkuma), NT
c. 1880s		Wearyan River, near Manangoora, NT
c. 1880s		Seven Emus Creek, near Manguwarruna, NT
c. 1880s		Calvert Downs (at Waningirrinyi Waterhole), NT
c. 1880s		Calvert Downs (at Mawurra Cave), NT
c. 1880s		Calvert Downs (at Gabugabuna), NT
Late 1880s		Near Cairns, QLD
1880s–90s		Florida Station, Arnhem Land, NT
1880s–90s		Hodgson Downs, NT
1881		Bibhoora near Mareeba, QLD
1881		Lizard Island, north of Cooktown, QLD, Mary Watson and baby disappear from a fishing station after Chinese manservants speared. Aboriginal people blamed for killings. Native Police Inspector Harvey Fitzgerald leads punitive killing raids on the coast north of Cooktown.
1881		Normanton, QLD, Aboriginal people kill sub-inspector Dyas.
1881		Woolgar, QLD, Native Police officer Henry Kaye killed during an Aboriginal attack. Native Police reprisals follow under command of William Nichols.
1881	2 June	Rosie Creek, Coast Track (Savannah Way), NT, Patrick McNamara killed by Aborigines.
1881	September	Cocanarup, Phillips River, WA
1882		Cloncurry, QLD, Frederick Urquhart's Native Police kill Kalkadoon people.
1882		Elsey Station, near Elsey Creek, NT
1882		Elsey Station, NT
1882		Elsey Station, near Strangways River, NT
1882		Jinparrak (Old Wave Hill Station), NT, Aboriginal man shot in the back for trying to take a bucket and some billies.
1882		Leigh Creek, SA
1882		McKinlay Ranges near Cloncurry, QLD, Native Police cadet, Marcus La Poer Beresford, killed in Aboriginal attack.
1882		Ochre Trail on Beltana Station, Leigh Creek, SA
1882		Tubu (Warrior) Island, Torres Strait, QLD
1882	16 June	Elsey Station, NT, Aboriginal people murder Duncan Campbell
Late 1882		Margaret River, eastern edge of the Fitzroy Valley, WA
1882	November	Between Granite Creek (later Mareeba) and Cairns, QLD
c. 1882		Coast Track (the Savannah Way) at Calvert River, NT
1883		Coast Track (the Savannah Way) at Skeleton Creek, NT, Aboriginal people killed in a punitive expedition after a horse is speared.
1883		Cooloolah, Cloncurry district, QLD, Alfred Smart's Native Police detachment kills Kalkadoon people.
1883		Massacre Hill, NT
1883	23 July	Russell River near Cairns, QLD
1883	26 August	Near Russell River, north QLD
1883	September	Frasers Creek, NT, Aboriginal murder of John Fraser and Aboriginal assistant
1883/84		Warluck (Seale Gorge), NT, British pastoralists massacre Gurindji people.
1883–1910		Victoria River Downs, NT, massacres of Aboriginal people
1884		Battle Mountain (Mount Remarkable), near Mt Isa, QLD, Kalkadoon Wars
1884		Burrundie, NT, 200 km south of Darwin, NT, Woolwonga tragedy
1884		East of Angkwerl, NT, Blackfellows Bones Hill Massacre
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.
1884		McKinlay River, NT
1884		Mistake Creek, Isaac region, QLD, Frederick Urquhardt's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1884		Mulgrave River, QLD
1884		Selwyn Range, QLD
1884		Skeleton Creek, NT
1884		Skeleton Creek, QLD
1884		Skull Pocket, QLD
1884		White Hills, QLD
1884	August	Angkwerl (Anna's Reservoir), Aileron Station, NT
1884	August	Russell River, near Cairns, QLD
1884	Aug–Dec	Mulgrave River, near Cairns, QLD
1884	September	Daly River, NT
1884	21 December	Mulgrave River, near Cairns, QLD
1884–1888		Daly River area, NT, 'Coppermine massacre' and other reprisals
1885		Alexandria Station, NT
1885		Alexandria Station (at Peaker Creek), NT
1885		Battle Creek, Victoria River Downs, NT
1885		Blackall, QLD, Robert Little's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1885		Elsey Station, NT
1885		Elsey Station, near Chambers Creek, NT
1885		McArthur River, near Kilgour Gorge, NT
1885		Norman River, QLD, Lyndon Poingdestre's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1886		Near Cairns, QLD
1886		Cockatoo Bora, QLD
1886		Dunganminnie Spring, NT
1886		Limmen Bight River Cave, NT
1886		McArthur River, NT
1886		McArthur River station, NT (various locations)
1886		Malakoff Creek, McArthur River Station, NT
1886		Rosewood Station, NT
1886	28 July	Between Vanderlin Island and McArthur River mouth, NT
1886	August	Yulbarra, Vanderlin Island, NT
1886	6 September	Near Cairns, QLD
1886	September	Gregory Creek, NT
1886	18 October	Broadmere outstation, NT, Aboriginal people kill Edward Lenehan
1886	17 November	Kimberleys, WA
c. 1886		Yulbarra Creek, Vanderlin Island, NT
1887		Amelia Spring, McArthur River station, NT
1887		Corella Downs station, NT
1887		Corella Downs station and surrounding area, NT
1887		Hall’s Creek, WA
1887		Kimberley, Normanton district, QLD, Daniel Lorigan's and Lyndon Poingdestre's Native Police detachments kill Aboriginal people.
1887		Valley of Springs station, near Cox River, NT
1888		Diamantina River district, south-west QLD
1888		Kirrima, QLD
1888	April	Near Calvert River, NT
1888	12 May	McArthur River, NT
1888	31 December	Corella Downs, NT
1880s	Late	Near Cairns, QLD
1888–89		Boar (Boar's) Pocket near Cairns, QLD
1889		Auvergne Station, NT
1889		Coen, QLD
1889		Jampawurru (Red Lily Spring or Mud Creek), NT
1889		Pine Tree Station, QLD
1889	c. January	Brunette Downs Station, NT
1889		Lawn Hill, north-western QLD, Alfred Wavell killed while attempting to arrest Aboriginal man, Joe Flick.
1889		Mein, north QLD, Frederick Urquhart's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1889		Pine Tree Station, QLD
1889–90		Haddon Corner, SA
1890		Speewah, near Kuranda, far north QLD
1890		Coanjula Creek, near Upper Nicholson River, NT
1890	Bef 11 January	Cadalgo Station, near the Transcontinental Railway, 50 kms west of Haddon Corner, SA
1890		West Baines River, NT
1890s		East Baines River, NT
1890s?		Ganjarinjarri, upper Robinson River, NT
Mid-1890s		Speewah, near Kuranda, QLD
Mid-1890s		Spring Creek Valley between Cairns and Port Douglas, QLD
Mid–1890s?		Flaggy Creek, near Kuranda, QLD
Mid–1890s?		Mona Mona, near Kuranda, QLD
1890	July	Lower Barron River, QLD?
1890s?		Ganjarinjarri, upper Robinson River, NT
1890–1896		Western Australia, conflicts between pastoralists and Aboriginal people
1890–1920		Warmun (Turkey Creek) district, WA
1880s–c. 1926		‘The Killing Times’, Kimberleys, WA The Ruby Plains Massacre that took place during 'The Killing Times' was one example of how pastoralists dealt with Aboriginal resistance to European incursions. To record Aboriginal oral history of such events that most likely were not included in official European archives, Rover Thomas painted a series of 'killing times' paintings. Among this series were paintings of the massacre at Ruby Plains Station where Aboriginal people were shot for killing a bullock and later decapitated.
1891		Spring Vale, QLD
1891	23 February	Tempe Downs Station, Finke River, NT
1891	May	Dora Dora near Albury, NSW
1892		Auvergne Station, NT
1892		Coolgardie region, WA
1892		Corella Downs (at Corella Creek), NT
1892		Creswell Downs, NT
1892		Cresswell Downs, NT (at Puzzle Creek south), NT
1892		Mapoon, QLD, Native Police shoot Aboriginal people.
1892?		Cresswell Downs, NT (at Kiana rockhole), NT
1892	31 January	Cresswell Downs, NT (at Bowgan Waterhole outstation)
1892	August	Myola, near Kuranda, QLD
1892	October ff	Willeroo Station, NT
1893	September	Rosewood Station, NT
1894		Cliffdale Creek, south of Wollogorang, NT
1894	June	Black Gin Creek, NT
1894	7 July	Kalgara (Mount Margaret) district, WA, P. Mack 'tomahawked'.
1894	30 July	Four miles south of Brickey's Soak, Kalgara (Mount Margaret) district, WA, 30 to 40 Aboriginal people, armed with spears and clubs, attack D'Arcy Uhr, Michael Galway and George Alexander at 3.00 pm in the afternoon. A nearby camp of six men assists Uhr's party to save their camp. An Aboriginal man kills one of the intruders on their Country, wounds another.
1894–1904		Bradshaw Station, NT
1896		Lakefield, QLD
1896		Ranges, located in the NT, west of Lawn Hill, QLD
1896–97		Cresswell Downs, NT
1896-97		Irringa on Cresswell Creek, NT
1896–97		Minyarrga on Cresswell Creek, NT
1896–97		Radjiji, upper Nicholson River, NT
1896–97		Woodawalla on Cresswell Creek, NT
1896	17 August	Deebing Creek, QLDStudents at the local Aboriginal mission school and their teacher allegedly shot.
1897		Jandamarra, Bonuba leader killed, WA
1897	January	Jasper Gorge, Victoria River, NT
1897		Wollogorang (at Baladuna Waterhole), NT
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.
1899		Wave Hill station, NT
Late 1800s		Skull Hole (now in Bladensburg National Park), QLD
c. 1900		Calvert River mouth, NT
1900	20 July	Breelong, near Gilgandra, NSW, Mawbey and Kerz murders
1900	23 July	Near Ulan, NSW
1900	24 July	Poggie, near Merriwa, NSW
1900	26 July	Near Wollar, NSW
1900	31 October	North of Singleton, NSW, Joe Governor shot
1900s		Emu Lagoon, north QLD
1900s		Macumba Station, SA
1900s		Mourne (Morn) Pool, near Mildura, VIC
1900s		Near Oodnadatta, SA
1901	14 January	Dubbo Gaol, NSW, Jacky Underwood hanged for his part in Mawbey and Kerz murders
1901	18 January	Darlingust Gaol, Sydney, NSW, Jimmy Governor hanged for murder
1902		Ducie River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD, John Hoole's Native Police detachment kills Aboriginal people.
1902		Near Mapoon, Cape York Peninsula, QLD
1903		Hodgson Downs (at Bailey Creek), NT
1904		Flick Yard, QLD
1904		Kirrima, QLD
1905		Victoria River, NT, Bradshaw massacre
1905		Near Wadeye (Port Keats), NT, massacre reprisal
c. 1906		Murbai, QLD
1906–07		Canning Stock Route, WA
1910	March	Victoria River Downs, NT
1910s		Emu Lagoon, QLD
c. 1910/11		Gaargarn (Gan Gan), inland from Blue Mud Bay, Yolgnu country, Arnhem Land, NT
1911–1918		Bentinck Island, QLD
Between 1913–1918		Pewuly (Bow Hills Police Station), NT, massacre of Gurindji people
1915		Mistake Creek, near Warmun (Turkey Creek), east Kimberley region, WA
1915–16		Elsey Station, NT
1916		Mowla Bluff Station, Geegully Creek, near Derby, Kimberleys, WA
1918		Auvergne Station, NT
1918		Bentinck Island, QLD
Bef 1920		Near Ngima (Neave River Junction), NT
1920s		Canning Stock Route, WA
1922	October	Sturt Creek, south-east Kimberleys, WA
1920s		Texas Downs Station, Kimberleys, WA
1921		Bedford Downs, WA
1924		Bedford Downs massacre, WA
c. 1924		Tartarr (Blackfellows Knob), NT, massacre
1926		Forrest River, east Kimberleys, WA
1926	23 May	Nulla Nulla Station boundary, 35 kms west of Wyndham, WA
1928	7 August	Coniston Station, NT
1928	22 August	Kakutu (Cockatoo Creek), north-east of Yuendemu, NT
1928	23–30 August	West of Yuendemu, NT
1928	August–October	Coniston Station, NT
1928	27 August	Janangpa (Boomerang Waterhole), Yarlalinji (Lander River), Broadmeadows Station, west of Barrow Creek, NT
1928	16 September	Napperby Station, NT
1928	24 September	Tomahawk Waterhole, Lander River; Dingo Hole, Hanson River, Broadmeadows Station, NT
1928	25 September	Circle Well, north-east of Tomahawk Waterhole, NT
1928	26 Sept ff	Tipinpa (Patirrlirr Creek), 24 kms west of Broadmeadows Station, NT
1928		Cockatoo Spring, NT
1928		Dingo Hole, Hanson River, NT
1928		Hanson River, NT
1928		Six Mile Soak, NT
1928		Wajinpulungk, NT
1929	November	Vicinity of Herbert Station, near Camooweal, QLD
1931	July	Near Wadeye (Port Keats), NT
1932	September	Caledon Bay, Arnhem Land, NT
1933	June	Woodah Island, NT
1933	November	Blue Mud Bay area, NT
1934		Tieyon (Tyonne) Station, SA
1934		Darwin, NT, Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda possibly murdered after release from gaol.
1937	7 April	McArthur River Gorge, NT
1937	19 May	Anningie Station, 50 kms north of Ti-Tree, NT
1940	August	Darwin Hospital, NT, Nemarluk dies
1940	c. 14 December	Mount Cavanagh Station, south of Kulgera, NT
Dates Unknown
1790s/1800s?		Gadigal/Hunter River nations site, Randwick, Sydney, NSW: possible resistance site
		Allandale, north QLD
		Baryula (on Chastletown Station), south-western QLD
		Bauhinia Downs, NT
		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-west QLD
		Cheviot Range, central QLD
		Cooningheera Waterhole, NT
		Cuppa Waterhole, NT
		Currawillinghi, south central QLD
		Dangeri Waterhole, NT
		Donor's Hill Cave Massacre, NT
		Evelyn Massacre, north QLD
		Flaggy Creek, north QLD
		Gilpeppee, western QLD
		Granada, NT
		Gray Rock, north QLD
		Hodgson Downs (at Angus Spring), NT
		Hodgson Downs (at Buffalo Hole), NT
		Hodgson Downs (at Indi Indi Spring), NT
		Hodgson Downs (at Mason Gorge), NT
		Hodgson Downs (at Sandy Lagoon), NT
		Horse Springs, NT (Gurinji Country)*
		Isis Downs, north QLD
		Janpa, NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Jirin, north QLD
		Jikirrijja (Campbell Springs), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Jurlakkala (Nero Yard), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Jutamiliny (Swan Yard), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Kalidawarra Waterhole, NT
		Kiacatoo Station, central-western NSW
		Kulpie Waterhole, western QLD
		Kumanturru (Coomanderoo), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Kurturtu, NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Lake Cowal, The Bland, central-western NSW. More than one massacre took place near Lake Cowal. Apart from the one in 1880, dates of the others are unknown.
		Longton, north QLD
		Malapa (Old Limbunya Homestead), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Massacre Inlet, Gulf Country, NT
		Massacre Waterfall, Gulf Country, NT
		Monkira, NT
		Morney Plains, western QLD
		Mt Farquharson, north QLD
		N*'s Bounce, about 100 km west of Charters Towers, north QLD^
		Ngangi, NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Ngurriya (Midnight), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Nocaboorara, south-west QLD
		Pandie Pandie, SA, south of the NT border
		Piyirriri (Farquharson Gap), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Red Bend, near Forbes, NSW
		Rifle Creek, north QLD
		Seale Yard, NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Skull Lagoon, north QLD
		Spring Creek, Mowbray Valley, north QLD
		Springfield, central QLD
		Springfield, north QLD
		Spring Hill Station, near Wedderburn, VIC
		Tanbar, south-west QLD
		The Dip, north QLD
		Thunderpurty Waterhole, NT
		Tinderry, NSW
		Vine Creek, north QLD
		Wambiana, north QLD
		Waniyi (near Number 2 Bore), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Waterview, north QLD
		Wattamondara, near Koorawatha, NSW
		Wirrilu (Blackfella Creek), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Wulupu (Hooker Creek), NT (Gurindji Country)*
		Wyandotte, QLD
		Yurruj (Burtawurta), NT (Gurindji Country)*

Note: The above Timeline does not include Aboriginal on Aboriginal tribal or inter-nation conflicts but includes conflicts where Native Police were involved.

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*These entries are from Gurindji historians as told in Erika Charola and Felicity Meakins eds, Yijarni: True Stories from Gurindji Country, AIATSIS, 2016. Exact dates for these conflicts and massacres are not known but occurred in Gurindji Country in the Killing Times from c. 1882/83, when British colonists invaded Gurindji lands for pastoral pursuits, until some time in the 1920s.

^ Moves were taken in 2017 to remove and change the names of 10 places in Queensland that used the racist term ‘N*****’. The name changes were to be gazetted in September 2017. Following Queensland’s lead, the Northern Territory Government has spoken to the NT Place Names Committee about using Aboriginal names for renaming racist and offensive place names in the territory.

Abbreviations: ACT=Australian Capital Territory, NSW=New South Wales, NT=Northern Territory, QLD=Queensland, SA=South Australia, TAS=Tasmania, VIC=Victoria, WA=Western Australian

© Jane Morrison 2015–2020. Compiled from sources listed in the Bibliography, Books and Journal Articles under Resources and provided from readers. No responsibility taken for errors in primary or secondary sources.