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Myall Creek massacre

The Myall Creek massacre was the killing of not less than thirty unarmed Indigenous Australians by twelve colonists on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near the Gwydir River, in northern New South Wales. Wikipedia
Date: June 10, 1838
Convicted: Charles Kilmeister, James Oates, Edward Foley, John Russell, John Johnstone, William Hawkins, and James Parry
Deaths: 28+
Outcome: 7 perpetrators convicted of murder and hanged; 4 perpetrators acquitted; 1 perpetrator never arrested
Location: Myall Creek, Bingara, Inverell, and more