Massacre at Barraba, Liverpool Plains

Date: 1 Jun 1836 – 31 Jul 1836
Place: Barraba, Liverpool Plains
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
Sergeant Temple led a detachment of mounted police and a party of stockmen and settlers, including TS Hall to 'clear' the Barraba area of Aboriginal people. Missionary LE Threlkeld said that 80 Aboriginal people were slaughtered (Gunson, 1974, 136). The operation was briefly reported in British Parliamentary Papers for 1839 (BPP 1839, Paper 526).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Gamilaraay
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 80

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Sources

  • BPP 1839, vol. 34, Paper 526; Gunson 1974, pp 136, 275-6, 279.

Event mentions

  • Massacre at Barraba, Liverpool Plains
    1 Jun 1836 – 31 Jul 1836 — Barraba, Liverpool Plains — massacre
    Sergeant Temple led a detachment of mounted police and a party of stockmen and settlers, including TS Hall to 'clear' the Barraba area of Aboriginal people. Missionary LE Threlkeld said that 80 Aboriginal people were slaughtered (Gunson, 1974, 136). The operation was briefly reported in British Parliamentary Papers for 1839 (BPP 1839, Paper 526).
    Source: BPP 1839, vol. 34, Paper 526; Gunson 1974, pp 136, 275-6, 279.