Massacre at Yamboucal Station (1), Maranoa Pastoral District

Date: 23 Apr 1849
Place: Yamboucal Station (1), Maranoa Pastoral District
Event type: massacre
Direct violence: Yes
According to Collins (2002, p 36), Settler Allan Macpherson, with a team of ten well-armed men, along with Crown Lands Commissioner Jack Durbin, and a party of border police, shot forty Aboriginal people at Yamboucal station. The massacre was in reprisal for Aboriginal warriors killing two bullock drivers from Macpherson's Mt Abundance Station who were taking wool by waggon to Brisbane for sale. According to William Telfer, the Aboriginal attack on the bullock drivers took place forty six kilometres 'on the Condamine side of Roma' (Telfer, 1980, p 43).
Notes:
CorroborationRating: **
LanguageGroup: Mandandanji
Victims: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead: 40

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Sources

  • Telfer, 1980, p 43; Collins, 2002, pp 36-37.

Event mentions

  • Massacre at Yamboucal Station (1), Maranoa Pastoral District
    23 Apr 1849 — Yamboucal Station (1), Maranoa Pastoral District — massacre
    According to Collins (2002, p 36), Settler Allan Macpherson, with a team of ten well-armed men, along with Crown Lands Commissioner Jack Durbin, and a party of border police, shot forty Aboriginal people at Yamboucal station. The massacre was in reprisal for Aboriginal warriors killing two bullock drivers from Macpherson's Mt Abundance Station who were taking wool by waggon to Brisbane for sale. According to William Telfer, the Aboriginal attack on the bullock drivers took place forty six kilometres 'on the Condamine side of Roma' (Telfer, 1980, p 43).
    Source: Telfer, 1980, p 43; Collins, 2002, pp 36-37.