What the records say
- When
- 1875
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 80
- Coordinates
- 24.29° S, 132.90° E
- Description
- massacre in Northern Territory Australia
Massacre of Running Waters
Massacre in Northern Territory, Australia
The massacre of Running Waters was the killing of 80 to 100 Arrernte men, women and children of the Southern Aranda language group of Aboriginal Australians by a raiding party of 50 to 60 Matuntara warriors in 1875. The massacre took place at Irbmangkara, a permanent water stretch of the Finke River about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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