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| In contrast, the ] was the only one, of many of its type in Australia, for which anyone was ever punished. | In contrast, the ] was the only one, of many of its type in Australia, for which anyone was ever punished. | ||
| My instincts tell me that the Waterloo Ck Massacre was a set up by the squatters to get Major Nunn back for his actions over another massacre that the squatters had been responsible for. Why would Governor Gipps retain his trust in Nunn if Nunn was going around killing Aboriginal people when his mission was to stop the squatters doing this very deed themselves. Gipps also bypassed the usual channels to communicate with Nunn which indicates Gipps was very aware there was something very badly amiss, reaching to government level. Source is careful reading of Waterloo Creek Book by Roger Millis. | |||
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The Waterloo Creek massacre occurred January 1838 at Snodgrass Lagoon on Waterloo Creek and may be the largest mass murder in Australian history, some claiming 100-300 Australian Aborigine women and children were slaughtered.
The nature of the massacre and the number of people killed at Waterloo Creek is subject to dispute, as are many accounts subject to the History Wars.
In contrast, the Myall Creek massacre was the only one, of many of its type in Australia, for which anyone was ever punished.
My instincts tell me that the Waterloo Ck Massacre was a set up by the squatters to get Major Nunn back for his actions over another massacre that the squatters had been responsible for. Why would Governor Gipps retain his trust in Nunn if Nunn was going around killing Aboriginal people when his mission was to stop the squatters doing this very deed themselves. Gipps also bypassed the usual channels to communicate with Nunn which indicates Gipps was very aware there was something very badly amiss, reaching to government level. Source is careful reading of Waterloo Creek Book by Roger Millis.
See also
External links
- Keith Windschuttle, The myths of frontier massacres in Australian history, Part I: The invention of massacre stories in Quadrant, October 2000
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