Skeleton Creek (Queensland)

Skeleton Creek is a waterway in Queensland, Australia near Woree and White Rock in the south suburbs of Cairns.

The creek is the site of a massacre of Djabugay people.[1] According to Dr Timothy Bottoms, sixteen skulls were placed on poles after the massacre.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WO03 498 Determination" (PDF). 21 April 2004.
  2. ↑ Gibson, Suzanne. "The long journey of Billy Jagar's breast plate". Hindsight, ABC Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Bottoms, Timothy (2013). Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times. Read How You Want. ISBN 9781459667846.

Coordinates: 16°59′19″S 145°45′28″E / 16.988638°S 145.757693°E / -16.988638; 145.757693

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