Massacre at Hornet Bank aftermath (2)

Date: 1 Dec 1857 – 31 Dec 1857
Place: Hornet Bank aftermath (2)
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
In the aftermath of the massacre of the Frazer family at Hornet Bank in October 1857, three reprisal massacres were carried out. In the second massacre, two members of the Fraser family, Sylvester and William Fraser, killed at least 70 Yiman people. According to Richards (2008, p 64), 'When grazier Andrew Murray met William Fraser... three years after Hornet Bank, Fraser reportedly said that he had shot "seventy blacks to date"' (quote from Andrew Murray's diary in Richards 2008, p 64). Richards also said that Fraser was 'known to many Aboriginal people at the time as Nemesis and Debil Debil' (Richards, 2008, p 64).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: *
LanguageGroup: Yiman
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 70

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Sources

  • Richards, 2008, p 64.

Event mentions

  • Massacre at Hornet Bank aftermath (2)
    1 Dec 1857 – 31 Dec 1857 — Hornet Bank aftermath (2) — massacre
    In the aftermath of the massacre of the Frazer family at Hornet Bank in October 1857, three reprisal massacres were carried out. In the second massacre, two members of the Fraser family, Sylvester and William Fraser, killed at least 70 Yiman people. According to Richards (2008, p 64), 'When grazier Andrew Murray met William Fraser... three years after Hornet Bank, Fraser reportedly said that he had shot "seventy blacks to date"' (quote from Andrew Murray's diary in Richards 2008, p 64). Richards also said that Fraser was 'known to many Aboriginal people at the time as Nemesis and Debil Debil' (Richards, 2008, p 64).
    Source: Richards, 2008, p 64.