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NameConiston Massacre Sites
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Sites at which killings occurred during the Coniston massacres on expeditions lead by Mounted Constable Murray, including sites mentioned by colonists participating in the massacres and sites recorded in Aboriginal oral history - according to Bradley, Coniston, 2019 and Making Peace With The Past, 1928-2003. Note that the sites appearing in Aboriginal oral history, but not all, may be the same sites as appear in the Colonial record and other sources.

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Colonial violence.

ContributorDr Bill Pascoe
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Added to System2024-04-14 17:13:52
Updated in System2024-04-21 13:41:17
Subject Aboriginal, Indigenous, History
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Bradley, M 2019, Coniston, UWA Press, Perth.

Bowman, Marg (ed) Every Hill Got A Story Central Land Council, Hardie Grant Books, 2015 https://www.clc.org.au/every-hill-got-a-story/

H.E.C. Robinson Ltd. Map of Northern Territory showing pastoral stations &c Canberra: H.E.C. Robinson, 1945. Web. 21 April 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-410786254

Kimber, D., 'Real True History: The Coniston Massacre' (serialised in 18 parts), Alice Springs News, vol 10, issue 32, to vol 11, issue 3, 2003-04.
https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2018/08/15/the-coniston-massacre-remembered/

Hill, Ernestine "MURRAY—SCOURGE OF THE MYALLS" in Northern Standard (Darwin, NT : 1921 - 1955) 3 March 1933 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48058883.

Making Peace with The Past: Remembering the Coniston Massacre, 1928-2003. Central Land Council, 2003 https://digitalntl.nt.gov.au/10070/660392/0/4

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Coniston: Massacre Expedition 1 7 Other

Colonial Violence.

2024-04-14 00:14:23 2024-04-14 00:48:06
Coniston: Massacre Expedition 2 7 Site

Colonial Violence. These locations are based on rough estimates only, as the inferred locations are only in the most general terms such as north along the river.

2024-04-14 17:16:10 2024-04-17 23:42:26
Coniston: Massacre Expedition 3 6 Other

Colonial violence.

2024-04-14 16:02:08 2024-04-21 13:25:02
Coniston: Massacres in Aboriginal Oral History 20 Other

Colonial Violence

2024-04-14 16:29:26 2024-04-21 13:31:33
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