What the records say
- When
- 1843
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 125
- Coordinates
- 37.67° S, 146.67° E
- Description
- a series of 1843 massacres which took place in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Warrigal Creek Massacre
Massacre in Victoria, Australia
Warrigal Creek is the site of an 1843 massacre of Gunai/Kurnai people in colonial Victoria, during the Australian frontier wars. The creek is on a farm near Sale, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Up to 150 Indigenous Australians are murdered by Angus McMillan's men in the Warrigal Creek Massacre as part of a series of mass murders of Gunai Kurnai people…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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