Myall Creek massacre
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The Myall Creek massacre was an 1838 atrocity in New South Wales in which a group of colonists murdered at least 28 unarmed Aboriginal people, leading to one of the first successful prosecutions of Europeans for the killing of Indigenous Australians.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against Aboriginal Australians
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frontier conflict incident ⓘ massacre ⓘ |
| aftermath | bodies burned to conceal the crime ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Aboriginal and non-Indigenous community groups ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | annual memorial ceremony in June ⓘ |
| commemorativePath | Myall Creek Memorial Walk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | -29.808,150.573 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| date | 1838-06-10 ⓘ |
| governorAtTime | George Gipps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | listed on New South Wales State Heritage Register ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early colonial period of New South Wales ⓘ |
| impact | influenced later attitudes to legal protection of Aboriginal people ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Edward Denny Day
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Plunkett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroupAffected | Gamilaraay peoples GENERATED ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
first successful prosecution of Europeans for killing Aboriginal people in Australia
ⓘ
seven perpetrators hanged ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | established that Aboriginal testimony could be considered in investigations, though restricted in court ⓘ |
| location |
Myall Creek
NERFINISHED
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New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ near Bingara, New South Wales ⓘ |
| memorial | Myall Creek Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorialLocation | near Bingara, New South Wales ⓘ |
| memorialUnveiled | 2000 ⓘ |
| motive | racial violence against Aboriginal people ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | at least 28 ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian frontier wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
European colonists
NERFINISHED
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group of stockmen ⓘ |
| perpetratorEthnicity | British settlers ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
significant event in Australian legal history
ⓘ
symbol of frontier violence against Aboriginal Australians ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Australian frontier massacres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportedBy | William Hobbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on Australian frontier wars
ⓘ
public history debates in Australia ⓘ |
| trialLocation | Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialYear | 1838 ⓘ |
| typeOfCrime | mass murder ⓘ |
| victim |
Aboriginal Australians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wirrayaraay people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimStatus |
men, women and children
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unarmed ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
firearms
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knives ⓘ swords ⓘ |
| year | 1838 ⓘ |
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