Massacre at Quamby Bluff (2), Quamby Brook

Date: 27 Jun 1827
Place: Quamby Bluff (2), Quamby Brook
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
Following the first massacre of 30 Pallittore at Quamby Brook on 26 June 1827, in reprisal for the killing by Pallittorre warriors of stock-keeper William Knight, overseer to settler TC Simpson at Dairy Plains on 23 June 1827. Corporal William Shiner's party included Corporal James Lingren, district constable Williams and stock keepers, Thomas Baker, James Cubit, Henry Smith and Thomas White. They attacked a Pallittore camp at Quamby Brook on 27 June 1827 and allegedly killed 30 of them. This was the second massacre in the 'Quamby Bluff' massacres.
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CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Port Sorell [Pallittore North]
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 30

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  • Massacre at Quamby Bluff (2), Quamby Brook
    27 Jun 1827 — Quamby Bluff (2), Quamby Brook — massacre
    Following the first massacre of 30 Pallittore at Quamby Brook on 26 June 1827, in reprisal for the killing by Pallittorre warriors of stock-keeper William Knight, overseer to settler TC Simpson at Dairy Plains on 23 June 1827. Corporal William Shiner's party included Corporal James Lingren, district constable Williams and stock keepers, Thomas Baker, James Cubit, Henry Smith and Thomas White. They attacked a Pallittore camp at Quamby Brook on 27 June 1827 and allegedly killed 30 of them. This was the second massacre in the 'Quamby Bluff' massacres.
    Source: CTTA July 6, 1827, p 4 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679329; TAHO CSO 1/316, pp 15-45; Plomley, 2008, p 254; Breen, 2001, p 27; Ryan, 2008, p 493.