Gippsland massacres


The Gippsland massacres were a series of mass murders of indigenous Gunai Kurnai people in East Gippsland, Victoria committed by European settlers and the Aboriginal Police. The perpetrators often did not record or speak about their actions for fear of prosecution and the death penalty under colonial law, such as what happened at the Myall Creek massacre. The names of many of the perpetrators remain on the rivers, roads and islands of Gippsland. Trade texts such as Cal Flynn's book directly pertaining to Angus McMillan's role in the massacres of Gippsland in retribution for the murder of a fellow pastoralist by the Gurnai Kurnai people.
Gippsland squatter Henry Meyrick wrote in a letter home to his relatives in England in 1846:
The following list of massacres was compiled by settlers from white perpetrator sources such as letters and diaries, and thus does not take into account Gunai Kurnai knowledge of the history of occupation.