List of massacres in the Solomon Islands
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Solomon Islands archipelago prior to the formation of the nation state of Solomon Islands (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavinia massacre | 1872 | Nggela Islands | 6 | Death of the crew of the trading schooner Lavinia while collecting bêche-de-mer.[1] |
| Sandfly Passage incident | October 1880 | Nggela Islands | 4 | Death of Lieutenant Bower, commander of HMS Sandfly, and 3 crewmen.[2] |
| Young Dick massacre | 20 May 1886 | Malaita | 12 | Death of about 6 crewman and 6 Malaitans on the schooner Young Dick while on a blackbirding voyage.[3] |
| Malaita massacre | October 3, 1927 | Malaita | 15 | Death of William R. Bell, the District Officer of Malaita, his assistant Lilley, and another thirteen of his deputies while collecting tax.[4] About sixty people were shot in the punitive expedition; about 200 men were taken to goal in Tulagi, where 31 died of dysentery. 6 were hanged and 17 were sentenced to long prison terms.[4] |
Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ "Lavinia Massacre". Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "Sandfly Passage, Nggela, Incident, 1880". Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "Young Dick Massacre, Malaita, 1886". Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bell, William Robert (1876 - 1927)". Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- References
- Roger Keesing and Peter Corris. Lightning Meets the West Wind: The Malaita Massacre. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980.
- Swinden, G. The natives appear restless tonight; HMAS Adelaide and the punitive expedition to Malaita 1927 in Maritime power in the twentieth century: the Australian experience, D. Stevens, ed. Allen and Unwin, 1998, 54–67.