Massacre at Planet Creek, Albinia Downs station

Date: 1 Jan 1862 – 31 Dec 1862
Place: Planet Creek, Albinia Downs station
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
According to former Native Police Commandant Frederick Walker, by then part-owner of the nearby Planet Downs station, in 1862 a detachment of native police led by Second-Lieutenant Alfred March Patrick drove off Gayiri people from Christopher Rolleston's station at Albinia Downs (Bottoms, 2013, p 49). 'Frederick Walker wrote to the Colonial Secretary stating that the "peace was broken by the Native Police under Mr Patrick, attacking and killing and wounding several of the friendly blacks at Mr Rolleston's station" ... There is no record of how many were killed or wounded, but the peace had been irretrievably broken' (Bottoms 2013 p. 49).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: *
LanguageGroup: Gayiri
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 6

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Sources

  • Bottoms, 2013, p 49.

Event mentions

  • Massacre at Planet Creek, Albinia Downs station
    1 Jan 1862 – 31 Dec 1862 — Planet Creek, Albinia Downs station — massacre
    According to former Native Police Commandant Frederick Walker, by then part-owner of the nearby Planet Downs station, in 1862 a detachment of native police led by Second-Lieutenant Alfred March Patrick drove off Gayiri people from Christopher Rolleston's station at Albinia Downs (Bottoms, 2013, p 49). 'Frederick Walker wrote to the Colonial Secretary stating that the "peace was broken by the Native Police under Mr Patrick, attacking and killing and wounding several of the friendly blacks at Mr Rolleston's station" ... There is no record of how many were killed or wounded, but the peace had been irretrievably broken' (Bottoms 2013 p. 49).
    Source: Bottoms, 2013, p 49.