The Irvinebank Massacre

by Paul Dillon

On the evening of 18 October 1884, a group of at least five Aborigines, were sitting round a camp fire boiling the billy and yarning in blackfellow talk when they were fusilladed. Tommy jumped up and ran for it; followed by the thwacks and zings of the bullets as they whizzed after him. The others stayed where they fell. The next day, Alicky, a town blackboy spoke to John Moffat, a leading citizen about the incident, who asked to be shown the campsite.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922449504
• ISBN13: 9781922449504
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"