Conflict: | Darkey Flat massacre |
Date: | circa 1845 |
Place: | Darkey Flat (now known as Pratten), Queensland |
Coordinates: | -28.0878°N 151.7831°W |
Result: | Massacre of aboriginal Australians |
Combatant1: | European settlers |
Combatant2: | Aboriginal Australians |
The Darkey Flat Massacre is a massacre of Aboriginal Australians by European settlers that supposedly took place some time in the 1840s. There is no eyewitness, first-hand, or clear documentary evidence relating to the massacre and there is some doubt as to whether it actually occurred.[1] [2]