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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Myall Creek massacre canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
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 ⓘ
coordinateLocation -29.808,150.573 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
date 1838-06-10 ⓘ
governorAtTime George Gipps ⓘ
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 ⓘ
John Plunkett ⓘ
languageGroupAffected Gamilaraay peoples ⓘ
linked to: Gamilaraay people
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 ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
near Bingara, New South Wales ⓘ
memorial Myall Creek Memorial ⓘ
memorialLocation near Bingara, New South Wales ⓘ
memorialUnveiled 2000 ⓘ
motive racial violence against Aboriginal people ⓘ
numberOfVictims at least 28 ⓘ
partOf Australian frontier wars ⓘ
perpetrator European colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists

group of stockmen ⓘ
perpetratorEthnicity British settlers ⓘ
recognizedAs significant event in Australian legal history ⓘ
symbol of frontier violence against Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
relatedEvent Australian frontier massacres ⓘ
reportedBy William Hobbs ⓘ
subjectOf historical research on Australian frontier wars ⓘ
public history debates in Australia ⓘ
trialLocation Sydney ⓘ
trialYear 1838 ⓘ
typeOfCrime mass murder ⓘ
victim Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
Wirrayaraay people ⓘ
linked to: Yuwaalaraay people
victimStatus men, women and children ⓘ
unarmed ⓘ
weaponUsed firearms ⓘ
knives ⓘ
swords ⓘ
year 1838 ⓘ

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Colony of New South Wales → significantEvent → Myall Creek massacre ⓘ