Events in this conflict will be added as Australian Wars and Resistance research continues.

]]> 127.752,-24.756 #TLCMapStyle This massacre of Ngaanyatjarra people occurred after hunters killed a camel that was part of a prospecting expedition. An estimated 4 Aboriginal men were killed and 2 prospectors. The event is well attested in Indigenous Knowledge of the area and depicted in many artworks.

The location may not be accurate.

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]]> 1930-01-01 1935-12-31 119.499,-23.283 #TLCMapStyle When returning to camp, a group of prospectors including Slavin and Oregon noticed Aboriginal men attempting to ambush it. The article says, "Beyond venturing the information that he believes his matesopened fire on the hostile blacks, Slavin prefers to leave it to the imagination of his listeners to fill in the blankspaces" (p 1 Geraldton Guardian, 10 Jul 1926). Their four horses were killed, forcing them to walk back to Meekathara.

The year 1896 is estimated from the article of 1926 stating it occurred '30 years ago'.

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]]> 1896-01-01 1891-12-31 126.287,-20.641 #TLCMapStyle In January 1911 a party of three drovers, George Shoesmith, James Thompson and an Aboriginal stockman known as 'Chinaman', were killed by Aboriginal people at Well 37. In September 1911, Sergeant R.H. Pilmer led a police punitive expedition to find the culprits and ensure the stock route remained open. The police made no arrests, but the expedition was considered a success after Pilmer acknowledged killing at least 10 Aboriginal people. Later newspaper reports, (Daily News, May 21, 1912, p 8) put the figure at 14. Pilmer wrote in his diary: 'The most exciting and disastrous incident of the whole journey happened on 16 November while the party was spelling the camels at Well 46. The men were whiling away their time by reading or doing odd jobs when they were suddenly attacked by a band of 25 Aborigines. Fourteen Aborigines formed an advance party, and each armed with two whackaburras they came running down a gravelly slope towards the camp. Going outside the camp Sergeant Pilmer called and motioned them to sit down, but they still came on, it being evident they were trying to get close quarters with the police. The invaders reached the camp but were not close enough to use their weapons when the police opened fire. Six natives fell dead while another was killed about twenty yards away. Three were wounded but they escaped with the others who immediately took to their heels' (Pilmer cited in Clement, 1989b, pp 130-151).

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]]> 1908-12-01 1908-12-31 117.59,-25.097 #TLCMapStyle Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land Gribble wrote 'Early this year it was reported that five natives had been shot dead by white men near Mount Clare, and about the same time two more were shot by a party somewhere in the direction of Mount Labouchere' (Gribble, JB, 1886, p 51).

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]]> 1886-01-01 1886-12-31 122.24,-28.37 #TLCMapStyle Laverton and Beria Mercury, September 24, 1910, p 3; Clarence and Richmond Examiner, September 22, 1910, p 6).

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]]> 1910-09-11 1910-09-11 122.4,-28.62 #TLCMapStyle The Southern Cross Times of December 24, 1904 p25) reported on the exploits of a 'plucky pioneer' Harold Cocking who was a gold prospector in the Goldfields district in the 1890s. The article reports that following the death of a prospector named Cahill, 30 Aboriginal people were shot in reprisal. 'It took them four days to get there and they had to be extremely cautious and careful as the blacks were very wild and dangerous. Some of them had murdered a prospector named Cahill and his mate and it was said that a party of whites avenged this by shooting about 30 of the aboriginals' (The Southern Cross Times, December 24, 1904 p25).

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]]> 1890-01-01 1890-01-31 122.241,-28.371 #TLCMapStyle Mt Leonora Miner, 14 November 1908, p 2).

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