Talk:Waterloo Creek massacre

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[edit] Disputed facts

Can anyone versed in these matters confirm:

  • Who did the killing.
  • Why they were there.
  • What sources exist for the number killed.
  • What reports of the event exist.

I have read some of the refernces, but I would like the article to reflect any other POV as well. Rich Farmbrough 00:53, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Where are theses places?

I have travelled by different modes across much of Australia, and am not aware of the locality of this incident. Where is Snodgrass Lagoon and Waterloo Creek? [GR]

The the entry following this insertion has no basis in fact. Snodgrass Lagoon is reputedly located somewhere south-west of Moree, which in itself is approx 220 km northwest of Manilla in the New England Region of New South Wales. As Manilla historians state elsewhere, Major Nunn and his party are said to have ambushed a tribe of the Kamilaroi Nation on the Namoi River downstream from the current town of Manilla. The people scattered and were rounded up and marched back from that location to Grenhatch Station some 10 kms east of the present town, where one Aboriginal man was hastily tried for a crime and subsequently shot. DNKmunik8 (talk) 08:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC) 2-08

Its near Manilla in Northern NSW. I know that area well having walked most of the bush around there many times. It strikes me that something happened near Crow Mtn there but this isnt Snodgrass lagoon. I am not 100% sure if Roger Millis exactly defined the exact location. I'd have to go back and read his book. I walked the area well before reading the book not at that time thinking that what was claimed re that massacre may have been a set up of Major Nunn by the colonials. I need to go read the book in context.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.54.9.98 (talk • contribs) 5 July 2006.

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. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.54.9.98 (talk • contribs) 5 July 2006 - comment moved from article page by AY Arktos.