Assault on Mr. Wm. Moore at Merri Creek

Date: 25 May 1848 – 25 Nov 1848
Place: Merri Creek
Event type: assault
Direct violence: Yes
A mob of Aboriginal people assaulted Mr. Wm. Moore while he was working in a paddock near Merri Creek.

People involved

  • Mr. Wm. Moore
  • Yabbi (aka Billy Hamilton, Yabbee) — Ngurungaeta, Resistance leader and diplomat — Taungurung, Kulin Nation

Sources

  • COLONIAL EXTRACTS. Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), Saturday 25 November 1848, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3708435

Event mentions

  • Assault on Mr. Wm. Moore at Merri Creek
    25 May 1848 – 25 Nov 1848 — Merri Creek — assault
    A mob of Aboriginal people assaulted Mr. Wm. Moore while he was working in a paddock near Merri Creek.
    People: Mr. Wm. Moore | a mob of black fellows | Billy Hamilton
    Source: COLONIAL EXTRACTS. Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), Saturday 25 November 1848, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3708435
  • Theft of provisions from hut near Merri Creek
    25 May 1848 – 25 Nov 1848 — Merri Creek — property destruction; theft
    Aboriginal people quenched the fires in an adjoining hut and took several articles of provisions from it after the assault on Moore.
    People: the blacks | three of them
    Source: COLONIAL EXTRACTS. Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), Saturday 25 November 1848, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3708435