Global InformationMinnamurra River massacre information
| Minnamurra River massacre | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| William Frederick Weston, Cornelius O'Brien, convicts and labourers | Unknown clan, Wodiwodi language group | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| William Frederick Weston | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| nine | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | approximately six, exact number unknown | ||||||
On 1 October 1818, approximately six Wodiwodi people were killed by nine settlers from the Colony of New South Wales along the Minnamurra River in the Illawarra, New South Wales.
The settlers claimed to have been attempting to recover two muskets which had been lent to the Aboriginal people of the area which escalated into the attack. Local Dapto property owner, William Frederick Weston, his site overseer, Cornelius O'Brien, along with seven unknown convicts and labourers attacked an Aboriginal campsite in the early hours of the morning, armed with muskets, swords and knives attached to long sticks.[1]
- ^ Fist, Rebecca (1 October 2018). "Kiama Council formally acknowledges 1818 Minnamurra massacre". Kiama Independent. Retrieved 2 March 2021.