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The '''Blood Hole massacre''' occurred in what is now the Australian state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] at Middle Creek, {{convert|6|–|7|mi|km|0|order=flip}} from Glengower [[Station (Australian agriculture)|Station]] between [[Clunes, Victoria|Clunes]] and [[Newstead, Victoria|Newstead]] at the end of 1839 or early 1840, killing an unknown number of Aboriginals from the [[Grampians National Park|Grampians]] district who were on their way home after trading goods for green stone axe blanks that they obtained near what is now [[Lancefield]].
The '''Blood Hole massacre''' is alleged to have occurred - despite no corroborating newspaper records - in what is now the Australian state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] at Middle Creek, {{convert|6|–|7|mi|km|0|order=flip}} from Glengower [[Station (Australian agriculture)|Station]] between [[Clunes, Victoria|Clunes]] and [[Newstead, Victoria|Newstead]] at the end of 1839 or early 1840, allegedly resulting in the deaths of an unknown number of Aboriginals from the [[Grampians National Park|Grampians]] district who were allegedly on their way home after trading goods for green stone axe blanks that they obtained near what is now [[Lancefield]].<ref>https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers?keyword=blood%20hole%20massacre&keyword.phrase=blood%20hole</ref>


Captain Dugald McLachlan established Glengower station, sometimes employing local Aboriginal people from the [[Dja Dja Wurrung]] (Jaara people). His employees also gave out flour and sugar rations to Aboriginals on occasion.
Captain Dugald McLachlan established Glengower station, sometimes employing local Aboriginal people from the [[Dja Dja Wurrung]] (Jaara people). His employees also gave out flour and sugar rations to Aboriginals on occasions.


The massacre happened after the station hands found the cook hanging from a meat hook near the kitchen at the end of the day. Later the Aboriginals who had passed through on their way home were found at Middle Creek, a camping place on the Aboriginal trading route from the Grampians to the Greenstone quarry at [[Mount William (Victoria)|Mount William]] near Lancefield.
The alleged massacre happened after the station hands found the cook allegedly hanging from a meat hook near the kitchen at the end of the day. Later the Aboriginals who had allegedly passed through on their way home were allegedly found at Middle Creek, a camping place on the Aboriginal trading route from the Grampians to the Greenstone quarry at [[Mount William (Victoria)|Mount William]] near Lancefield.


The Aboriginal people were found at the waterhole on Middle Creek west of Glengower Station. The Aboriginals sought to hide by diving into the waterhole, where they were shot one at a time as they came up for air.<ref>Aldo Massola, p88, ''Journey to Aboriginal Victoria'', Rigby, 1969 as quoted by Ian D. Clark, pp97, ''Scars on the Landscape. A Register of Massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859'', Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995 {{ISBN|0-85575-281-5}}</ref><ref>Geoffrey Blainey, pp30, ''A History of Victoria'', Cambridge University Press, 2006 {{ISBN|0-521-86977-3}}</ref><ref>Edgar Morrison, ''Frontier life in the Loddon Protectorate : episodes from early days, 1837-1842'', Daylesford [Vic.], The Advocate, 1967?. No ISBN</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Evershed|first=Nick|last2=Ball|first2=Andy|last3=Allam|first3=Lorena|last4=O'Mahony|first4=Ciaran|last5=Nadel|first5=Jeremy|last6=Earl|first6=Carly|title=The killing times: a massacre map of Australia's frontier wars|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars?incident=48 |access-date=2021-09-02|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
The Aboriginal people were allegedly found at the waterhole on Middle Creek west of Glengower Station. The Aboriginals allegedly sought to hide by diving into the waterhole, where they were allegedly shot one at a time as they came up for air.<ref>Aldo Massola, p88, ''Journey to Aboriginal Victoria'', Rigby, 1969 as quoted by Ian D. Clark, pp97, ''Scars on the Landscape. A Register of Massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859'', Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995 {{ISBN|0-85575-281-5}}</ref><ref>Geoffrey Blainey, pp30, ''A History of Victoria'', Cambridge University Press, 2006 {{ISBN|0-521-86977-3}}</ref><ref>Edgar Morrison, ''Frontier life in the Loddon Protectorate : episodes from early days, 1837-1842'', Daylesford [Vic.], The Advocate, 1967?. No ISBN</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Evershed|first=Nick|last2=Ball|first2=Andy|last3=Allam|first3=Lorena|last4=O'Mahony|first4=Ciaran|last5=Nadel|first5=Jeremy|last6=Earl|first6=Carly|title=The killing times: a massacre map of Australia's frontier wars|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars?incident=48 |access-date=2021-09-02|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:58, 23 September 2023

Blood Hole massacre
Part of Australian frontier wars
LocationMiddle Creek, 6 or 7 miles from Glengower Station between Clunes and Newstead, Colony of Victoria
Date1839 or 1840
TargetDja Dja Wurrung people
Attack type
Allegedly Mass murder, hate crime
DeathsUnknown
VictimsUnknown clan of Dja Dja Wurrung people
PerpetratorsAllegedly Captain Dugald McLachlan and employees

The Blood Hole massacre is alleged to have occurred - despite no corroborating newspaper records - in what is now the Australian state of Victoria at Middle Creek, 10–11 kilometres (6–7 mi) from Glengower Station between Clunes and Newstead at the end of 1839 or early 1840, allegedly resulting in the deaths of an unknown number of Aboriginals from the Grampians district who were allegedly on their way home after trading goods for green stone axe blanks that they obtained near what is now Lancefield.[1]

Captain Dugald McLachlan established Glengower station, sometimes employing local Aboriginal people from the Dja Dja Wurrung (Jaara people). His employees also gave out flour and sugar rations to Aboriginals on occasions.

The alleged massacre happened after the station hands found the cook allegedly hanging from a meat hook near the kitchen at the end of the day. Later the Aboriginals who had allegedly passed through on their way home were allegedly found at Middle Creek, a camping place on the Aboriginal trading route from the Grampians to the Greenstone quarry at Mount William near Lancefield.

The Aboriginal people were allegedly found at the waterhole on Middle Creek west of Glengower Station. The Aboriginals allegedly sought to hide by diving into the waterhole, where they were allegedly shot one at a time as they came up for air.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers?keyword=blood%20hole%20massacre&keyword.phrase=blood%20hole
  2. ^ Aldo Massola, p88, Journey to Aboriginal Victoria, Rigby, 1969 as quoted by Ian D. Clark, pp97, Scars on the Landscape. A Register of Massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995 ISBN 0-85575-281-5
  3. ^ Geoffrey Blainey, pp30, A History of Victoria, Cambridge University Press, 2006 ISBN 0-521-86977-3
  4. ^ Edgar Morrison, Frontier life in the Loddon Protectorate : episodes from early days, 1837-1842, Daylesford [Vic.], The Advocate, 1967?. No ISBN
  5. ^ Evershed, Nick; Ball, Andy; Allam, Lorena; O'Mahony, Ciaran; Nadel, Jeremy; Earl, Carly. "The killing times: a massacre map of Australia's frontier wars". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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