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The '''Mowla Bluff massacre''' occurred in the Kimberley region of [[Western Australia]] in 1916 and was a defining moment in black-white relations in the area. |
The '''Mowla Bluff massacre''' occurred in the Kimberley region of [[Western Australia]] in 1916 and was a defining moment in black-white relations in the area. |
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{{Cquote|In "Raparapa", a book about the Fitzroy River drovers, John Watson said: ''"Only three people survived that massacre. Two were young women that the police saved for the manager at Mowla Bluff station. According to the old fella who told me the story, there must have been three or four hundred people killed that day."''<ref>[http://www.jarlmadangah.com/culmap.htm#mbluff Jarlmadangh website]</ref>}} |
{{Cquote|In "Raparapa", a book about the [[Fitzroy River (Western Australia)|Fitzroy River]] drovers, John Watson said: ''"Only three people survived that massacre. Two were young women that the police saved for the manager at Mowla Bluff station. According to the old fella who told me the story, there must have been three or four hundred people killed that day."''<ref>[http://www.jarlmadangah.com/culmap.htm#mbluff Jarlmadangh website]</ref>}} |
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<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/19/1021801639430.html Closing the circle on a bloody chapter, Sydney Morning Herald]</ref> |
<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/19/1021801639430.html Closing the circle on a bloody chapter, Sydney Morning Herald]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:55, 14 March 2008
The Mowla Bluff massacre occurred in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1916 and was a defining moment in black-white relations in the area.
In "Raparapa", a book about the Fitzroy River drovers, John Watson said: "Only three people survived that massacre. Two were young women that the police saved for the manager at Mowla Bluff station. According to the old fella who told me the story, there must have been three or four hundred people killed that day."[1]