Massacre at Lagoon Lower Marshes near Jordan River

Date: 1 Mar 1828 – 31 Mar 1828
Place: Lagoon Lower Marshes near Jordan River
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
On 4 March 1828, Aboriginal warriors killed stockman William Walker on the Den Hill road near Bothwell (TAHO CSO 1/323 p 113; HTC March 15, 1828, p 3; HTC 22 March 1828, pp 3-4). Three years later, when government agent G.A. Robinson passed through the area, he was told by settler Robert Barr that in reprisal, a group of stockmen 'killed seventeen Natives; that they had first killed seven and they then followed them to a lagoon and killed ten more. The Natives could not get away' (Plomley, 1966, p 503; 2008, p 537).
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CorroborationRating: ***
LanguageGroup: Big River
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 17

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  • Massacre at Lagoon Lower Marshes near Jordan River
    1 Mar 1828 – 31 Mar 1828 — Lagoon Lower Marshes near Jordan River — massacre
    On 4 March 1828, Aboriginal warriors killed stockman William Walker on the Den Hill road near Bothwell (TAHO CSO 1/323 p 113; HTC March 15, 1828, p 3; HTC 22 March 1828, pp 3-4). Three years later, when government agent G.A. Robinson passed through the area, he was told by settler Robert Barr that in reprisal, a group of stockmen 'killed seventeen Natives; that they had first killed seven and they then followed them to a lagoon and killed ten more. The Natives could not get away' (Plomley, 1966, p 503; 2008, p 537).
    Source: TAHO CSO 1/323, 113; HTC, March 15, 1828, p 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641575; HTC, March 22, 1828, pp 3-4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/641580; Plomley, 1966, p 503; 2008, p 537.