Massacre at Annandale Station, Channel Country
Sub Inspectors William Kaye and William Gough, and a detachment of three native police 'dispersed' a 'large camp' of Pitta Pitta people near Annandale station. They were in search of the killer of a stockman at Murgah station. However the killer and others got away and fled across the border to South Australia (The Queenslander, 24 May, 1879). Settler William Paull (Nolan cited in Bottoms, 2013) from South Australia said that 27 Pitta Pitta were slaughtered and that the incident was first of two massacres of Pitta Pitta carried out by the native police.
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CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Pitta Pitta
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 27
CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Pitta Pitta
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 27
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Sources
- The Queenslander, 24 May 1879, p 668 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19780897; Bottoms, 2013, pp 71-72.
Event mentions
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Massacre at Annandale Station, Channel Country5 Mar 1879 — Annandale Station, Channel Country — massacreSub Inspectors William Kaye and William Gough, and a detachment of three native police 'dispersed' a 'large camp' of Pitta Pitta people near Annandale station. They were in search of the killer of a stockman at Murgah station. However the killer and others got away and fled across the border to South Australia (The Queenslander, 24 May, 1879). Settler William Paull (Nolan cited in Bottoms, 2013) from South Australia said that 27 Pitta Pitta were slaughtered and that the incident was first of two massacres of Pitta Pitta carried out by the native police.Source: The Queenslander, 24 May 1879, p 668 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19780897; Bottoms, 2013, pp 71-72.