Massacre at Freshwater Creek, Gippsland
Freshwater Creek is one of the Warrigal Creek group of massacres.
According to local historian Gardner, 'The sources for Freshwater Creek as a massacre site are the only ones fully known. The aboriginal "Darby", who escaped the massacre, told an earlier settler, Mr. Chas Lucas, Lucas in turn informed the Rev. G.S. Cox of the Yarram Historical Society. It is for this reason that Freshwater Creek remains a definite consideration' (Gardner, 1983, p 57).
According to local historian Gardner, 'The sources for Freshwater Creek as a massacre site are the only ones fully known. The aboriginal "Darby", who escaped the massacre, told an earlier settler, Mr. Chas Lucas, Lucas in turn informed the Rev. G.S. Cox of the Yarram Historical Society. It is for this reason that Freshwater Creek remains a definite consideration' (Gardner, 1983, p 57).
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LanguageGroup: Brataualung
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 25
CorroborationRating: *
LanguageGroup: Brataualung
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 25
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Massacre at Freshwater Creek, Gippsland15 Jul 1843 – 31 Jul 1843 — Freshwater Creek, Gippsland — massacreFreshwater Creek is one of the Warrigal Creek group of massacres.
According to local historian Gardner, 'The sources for Freshwater Creek as a massacre site are the only ones fully known. The aboriginal "Darby", who escaped the massacre, told an earlier settler, Mr. Chas Lucas, Lucas in turn informed the Rev. G.S. Cox of the Yarram Historical Society. It is for this reason that Freshwater Creek remains a definite consideration' (Gardner, 1983, p 57).