Massacre at Nappamanna Station, near Pandie Pandie station
The massacre was in reprisal for the Wanganuru murder of a white man who had raped a Wanganuru woman (Hercus, 1977, p 56). The incident was the third massacre in the region told to linguist Luise Hercus in the 1960s by Wardumba man Ben Murray, a nephew of Rib Bone Billy who was alive at the time of the massacre (Hercus, 1977, p 56). Journalist George Farwell was also told of the massacre on his journey through the region in the 1940s (Farwell, 1950, pp 38-40).
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CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Wanganuru
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 40
CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Wanganuru
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 40
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Event mentions
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Massacre at Nappamanna Station, near Pandie Pandie station1 Jan 1890 – 31 Dec 1899 — Nappamanna Station, near Pandie Pandie station — massacreThe massacre was in reprisal for the Wanganuru murder of a white man who had raped a Wanganuru woman (Hercus, 1977, p 56). The incident was the third massacre in the region told to linguist Luise Hercus in the 1960s by Wardumba man Ben Murray, a nephew of Rib Bone Billy who was alive at the time of the massacre (Hercus, 1977, p 56). Journalist George Farwell was also told of the massacre on his journey through the region in the 1940s (Farwell, 1950, pp 38-40).