What the records say
- When
- 1 Apr 1840
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 37.49° S, 141.65° E
- Description
- massacre in Victoria, Australia
Fighting Waterholes massacre
Massacre in Victoria, Australia
In April 1840 the Fighting Waterholes massacre of up to 60 Jardwadjali Aboriginal people of the Konongwootong Gundidj clan occurred near the current day Konongwootong reservoir, near present-day Coleraine, Victoria, Australia.
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