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Conflict that lead to massacre

The massacre of approximately 30 Wirrayaraay people at Myall Creek on 10 June 1838, the subsequent court cases and the hanging of seven settlers for their role in the massacre were pivotal in the history of the relationship between settlers and Aboriginal people.  The Myall Creek massacre was the first and only time the colonial administration intervened to ensure the laws of the colony were applied equally to Aboriginal people and settlers involved in frontier violence, and the first time Europeans were executed for the massacre of Aboriginal people.

Despite instructions from the British Colonial Office to treat Aboriginal people with goodwill and kindness, competition for land and resources invariably resulted in frontier violence.

In response to the intensifying conflict the colonial administration ordered settlers to defend themselves and ordered Aboriginal people to stay away from European settlements. Aboriginal people were increasingly viewed as a serious threat to settlers and it wasn't long before settlers took things into their own hands.

The massacre at Myall Creek was the culmination of a series of conflicts between settlers and Aboriginal people in the Liverpool Plains region. The twelve men responsible for the massacre included freed men and assigned convicts that had spent a day unsuccessfully pursuing Aboriginal people. When they came to Myall Creek station they discovered a group of Wirrayaraay who they rounded up and tied together. A few minutes later they were led off and massacred. Two days later the men returned to the scene of the crime to burn their victims’ remains.

The aftermath

The aftermath of the massacre was marked by a series of unusual events for the time. Firstly, it was unusual the massacre was reported to authorities and secondly, it was unusual that the then Governor assigned a police magistrate to investigate the reports.

Eleven of the twelve settlers involved in the massacre were arrested for the murders but were found not guilty. Seven of the men were then re-arrested and tried again. The second trial delivered a guilty verdict and the judge sentenced all seven to death.

On 18 December 1838, after all legal objections were exhausted and the Executive Council rejected petitions for clemency, the sentences were carried out. The hanging of the seven European settlers caused controversy throughout the colony and led to heightened racial tensions and hardened settler attitudes towards Aboriginal people.

Since the 1850s, the story of the massacre has been retold in a number of poems and books and has continued to remind and teach Australians about the mistreatment of Aboriginal people during the period of frontier conflict. The story has also become a symbol of Australia's reconciliation movement.

In 2000, 162 years after the massacre, the Myall Creek Memorial Committee opened the Myall Creek Memorial 'in an act of reconciliation and in acknowledgment of the truth of our shared history'. This memorial brought together the descendants of the victims, survivors and perpetrators of the massacre in an act of reconciliation.

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Late in the afternoon on Sunday 10th of June 1838, a gang of 11 convicts and ex-convict led by a squatter (a wealthy landlord) slaughtered a group of 28 men, women and children who were camped in a Myall Creek cattle station in northern New South Wales.
COUNTDOWN
7th of June : William Hobbs leaves Myall Creek to check on the progress of Andrew Burrowes and Charles Reid who left a couple of days earlier to drive some cattle down to one of Dangar’s other stations down river.
8th of June: Burrowes and Reid leave Bell’s station to continue to drive the cattle down the river
9th of June: Thomas Foster and William Mace set out of Myall Creek to "borrow" the Aboriginals to cut some wood.
10th of June

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The summers of 1837-38 were the most violent of times.

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Many massacres, including Myall Creek, were witnessed only by the murderers. But because the Myall Creek Massacre has been extensively documented we know now what happened.

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Many massacres, including Myall Creek, were witnessed only by the murderers. But because the Myall Creek Massacre has been extensively documented we know now what happened.

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In 1838, white people had just settled in Australia for just 51 years. Sheep and Cattle farmers were pushing into Aboriginal land.

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In 1838, white people had just settled in Australia for just 51 years. Sheep and Cattle farmers were pushing into Aboriginal land.

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There were eleven ex-convicts and convicts that slaughtered 28 unarmed aborigines on Sunday 10th June 1838 on a late afternoon

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Frontier violence continued in N.S.W even with Britain’s threats

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Late in the afternoon on Sunday 10th June 1838, a gang of eleven convict and ex-convict stockmen led by a squatter, brutally slaughtered a group of some twenty eight Aboriginal men, women and children who were camped peacefully next to the huts on the Myall Creek cattle station in northern New South Wales.

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Late in the afternoon on Sunday 10th June 1838, a gang of eleven convict and ex-convict stockmen led by a squatter, brutally slaughtered a group of some twenty eight Aboriginal men, women and children who were camped peacefully next to the huts on the Myall Creek cattle station in northern New South Wales.

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On 10 June 1838 a group of white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station in northern New South Wales, near Bingara. Seven of the killers were tried and hanged.: 

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On 10 June 1838 a group of white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station in northern New South Wales, near Bingara. Seven of the killers were tried and hanged.: 

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The massacre is a distressing reminder of 

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The massacre is a distressing reminder of 

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Australia's colonial violence and one of the rare instances where the killers were hanged.

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Was bad, it killed many Indigenous Aboriginals and 12 crazy Europeans were the murderers.

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The Massacre started on the 10th of June 1838.

The 11 killers were stockmen which consisted of convicts, former and present. (At time of Massacre)

The killings took place near Myall Creek Station.

There might have been another Massacre by the same 11 British men.

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There were 12 people involved in the massecre, not including the aboriginals.

The leader of these murderers was John Fleming.

They murdered 28 innocent, unarmed aboriginals.

The Massacre was the first time white people were punished for murdering Aboriginals

The Myall Creek Massacre happened on June 10th 1838, at Myall Creek.

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On the morning of the 18th of December 1838, 7 men were publicly hanged at Sydney Gaol

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Vihaan Rajits Myall Creek Massacre Facts

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Vihaan Rajits Myall Creek Massacre Facts

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The Myall Creek Massacre is a brutal historical event that occurred in the 19th century(10 June 1838).There were approximately 28 unarmed Aboriginal people decimated in this event.It started all on 10 June 1838 in Myall Creek station.The unarmed Aboriginal people were killed by 7 of the British settlers.On 15th November 1838, the seven British settlers were first tried  in NSW Supreme Court before Chief Justice Sir James Dowling.Then they were hanged.

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In 1838 white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station in northern New South Wales, near Bingara. They(the British) thought there was nothing wrong with shooting Aboriginal people or raping Aboriginal women.

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In 1838 white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station. The massacre is a harrowing reminder of Australia's colonial violence and one of the rare cases where killers were tried and hanged.On 10 June 1838 a group of white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station in northern New South Wales, near Bingara. Seven of the killers were tried and hanged.The Myall Creek Massacre now serves as both a harrowing reminder of Australia's colonial violence towards Aboriginal people and an example of modern-day reconciliation

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In 1838 white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station. The massacre is a harrowing reminder of Australia's colonial violence and one of the rare cases where killers were tried and hanged.On 10 June 1838 a group of white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station in northern New South Wales, near Bingara. Seven of the killers were tried and hanged.The Myall Creek Massacre now serves as both a harrowing reminder of Australia's colonial violence towards Aboriginal people and an example of modern-day reconciliation

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In 1838, European settlers murdered 28 Indigenous people near Myall Creek Station.

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In 1838, European settlers murdered 28 Indigenous people near Myall Creek Station.

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Myall Creek Massacre : Sarah, Anna and Brianna

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Myall Creek Massacre : Sarah, Anna and Brianna

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On June 1838 7 white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station and were tried at court, found guilty and was hanged.

Late in the afternoon on Sunday 10th June 1838, a gang of eleven convict and ex-convict stockmen led by a squatter, brutally slaughtered a group of some twenty eight Aboriginal men, women and children who were camped peacefully next to the station huts on the Myall Creek cattle station in northern New South Wales

It is so significant because it is the only time in Australia’s history that white men were arrested, charged and hanged for the massacre of Aborigines.

Despite the fact that the Myall Creek Massacre was just one of the countless massacres that took place right across the country from the earliest days of British settlement in 1788 through to 1928, it stands alone in its historical significance.