Myall Creek massacre
1838 killing of Indigenous Australians in New South Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Myall Creek" redirects here. For the early Queensland settlement formerly known by this name, see Dalby, Queensland.
The Myall Creek massacre was the killing of at least twenty-eight[1] unarmed Aboriginal people by eight colonists on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near the Gwydir River, in northern New South Wales.[2][3] After two trials, seven of twelve accused colonists were found guilty of murder and sentenced to execution by hanging.[3] The trials and guilty verdicts sparked extreme controversy within New South Wales settler society.[4] This was one of the few alleged massacres of Aboriginals to have been proven in court. The leader of the perpetrators, free settler John Henry Fleming, evaded arrest and was never tried. Four men were never retried on additional charges following their acquittal in the first trial.[2][5]
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Date | 10 June 1838; 186 years ago (10 June 1838) |
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Location | Myall Creek, New South Wales, Australia |
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Deaths | 28+ |
Accused | John Henry Fleming and 11 assigned convicts |
Convicted | Charles Kilmeister, James Oates, Edward Foley, John Russell, John Johnstone, William Hawkins, and James Parry |
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