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The Darkey Flat Massacre is a massacre of Aboriginal Australians by European settlers that supposedly took place some time in the 1840s. There is no eyewitness, first-hand, or clear documentary evidence relating to the massacre and there is some doubt as to whether it actually occurred.

References

1. Maurice French, "THE GREAT "DARKEY FLAT MASSACRE' MYSTERY: Oral Tradition, Popular History, and Empirical Evidence" accessed 24 February 2014
2. French, Maurice (1993). "The great 'Darkey flat massacre' mystery". Journal of Australian Studies. 17 (38): 12–24. doi:10.1080/14443059309387147.

• Darling Downs
• 19th century in Queensland
• 1845 in Australia
• Massacres of Indigenous Australians
• Massacres in the 1840s
• 19th-century mass murder in Australia