Massacre

Myall Creek massacre

10 Jun 1838 · 29.78° S, 150.71° E

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When
10 Jun 1838
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
28
Coordinates
29.78° S, 150.71° E
Description
massacre in Australia

Myall Creek massacre

1838 killing of Indigenous people in New South Wales

The Myall Creek massacre was the killing of at least 28 unarmed Aboriginal people in the Colony of New South Wales by eight colonists on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek in the north of the colony. Seven perpetrators were convicted of murder and hanged.

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