<P> The following is a list of massacres and mass murders that have occurred in Australia and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shipwreck of the Batavia </Td> <Td> 1628 </Td> <Td> Houtman Abrolhos (Western Australia) </Td> <Td> 0110! 110 </Td> <Td> Many </Td> <Td> Dutch shipwreck survivors are murdered by a break - away group of survivors . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cape Grim massacre </Td> <Td> 10 February 1828 </Td> <Td> Cape Grim, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) </Td> <Td> 0030! 30 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians by four shepherds . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Convincing Ground massacre </Td> <Td> 1833--34 </Td> <Td> Portland, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0200! 60--200 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians after a heated dispute between whalers and Aboriginal tribes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pinjarra massacre </Td> <Td> 28 October 1834 </Td> <Td> Pinjarra, Western Australia </Td> <Td> 0040! 14--40 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Massacre by British colonists led by Governor Stirling against the Pinjarup people . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Waterloo Creek massacre / Slaughterhouse Creek massacre </Td> <Td> January 1838 </Td> <Td> Waterloo Creek, NSW </Td> <Td> 0041! 40--70 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians as part of a clash between mounted police and Indigenous Australians . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hospital Creek Massacre </Td> <Td> 1859 </Td> <Td> Brewarrina, NSW </Td> <Td> 0030! 300 - 400 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians . A stockman at Walcha Hut on the Lawson run was warned by Aborigines to release one of their women . He refused, and both he and the woman were killed . In retaliation, the settlers shot a large number of Aboriginal men, women and children in what became known as the Hospital Creek Massacre . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Myall Creek massacre </Td> <Td> 10 June 1838 </Td> <Td> Myall Creek, NSW </Td> <Td> 0030! 27 - 30 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians . The attack was racially motivated, and subsequently the colonists who carried out the attack were hanged . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Murdering Gully massacre </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> Mount Emu Creek, near Camperdown, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0040! 35--40 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians undertaken by Frederick Taylor apparently in retaliation to Aborigines having killed the colonists' sheep . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Campaspe Plains massacre </Td> <Td> June 1839 </Td> <Td> Campaspe Creek, Central Victoria </Td> <Td> 0040! up to 40 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians led by commander Charles Hutton as a reprisal raid against Aboriginal resistance to the invasion and occupation of their lands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shipwreck survivors of the Maria massacred </Td> <Td> 1840 </Td> <Td> Coorong, SA </Td> <Td> 0025! 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ship travelling from Port Adelaide to Hobart was shipwrecked on the SE coast of South Australia, with all surviving the wreck . The survivors were being guided to safety by the local Narrindjeri people, but were massacred . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gippsland massacres </Td> <Td> 1840 - 1850 </Td> <Td> Gippsland, VIC </Td> <Td> 0450! 300 - 1000 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians, combined with the introduction of diseases by the British Colonists which also contributed to the heavy losses of the Aborigines . The technical superiority of the Europeans' weapons gave the Europeans an absolute advantage over the Aborigines and, as a result, very few white settlers died during the course of the massacres . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cullin - la - ringo massacre </Td> <Td> 17 October 1861 </Td> <Td> Central Queensland </Td> <Td> 0019! 19 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Massacre of newly - arrived white settlers by Indigenous Australians . In response, "sixty or seventy" Aborigines were massacred by a vigilante party of eleven heavily - armed white settlers accompanied by two Aboriginal trackers . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Flying Foam massacre </Td> <Td> February--May 1868 </Td> <Td> Flying Foam Passage, WA </Td> <Td> 0150! 20--150 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians after a series of confrontations between white settlers and Aboriginal people near the Flying Foam Passage . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Palmer massacre </Td> <Td> August 1878 </Td> <Td> Palmer River, Queensland </Td> <Td> 0150! 20--150 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre by Cantonese and Pekinese against each other . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ching family murders </Td> <Td> 16 November 1911 </Td> <Td> Alligator Creek, Mackay, Queensland </Td> <Td> 0006! 6 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> George David Silva murdered six members of the Ching family by shooting and bashing . Silva was hanged at Boggo Road Gaol in Brisbane on 10 June 1912 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Broken Hill </Td> <Td> 1 January 1915 </Td> <Td> Broken Hill, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0004! 4 </Td> <Td> 0007! 7 </Td> <Td> Spree shooting by two Ghans gunmen - Terror attack - by modern definition . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mowla Bluff massacre </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> Kimberley, Western Australia </Td> <Td> 0400! Up to 12 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians . Aboriginal Men, women and children were rounded up and subsequently shot and their bodies burned . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Forrest River massacre </Td> <Td> May--July 1926 </Td> <Td> Kimberley Region of Western Australia </Td> <Td> 0011! 11 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Massacre of Indigenous Australians by law enforcement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coniston massacre </Td> <Td> 14 August--18 October 1928 </Td> <Td> Coniston, Northern Territory </Td> <Td> 0170! 60--170 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Probably the last known massacre of Indigenous Australians . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boulder & Kalgoorlie bombings </Td> <Td> 1 February 1942 </Td> <Td> Kalgoorlie - Boulder, Western Australia </Td> <Td> 14! 14 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Bombing of a boarding house containing 30 people in Boulder, Western Australia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hope Forest massacre </Td> <Td> 6 September 1971 </Td> <Td> Hope Forest, SA </Td> <Td> 0010! 10 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Rampage killing by Clifford Bartholomew, who shot dead ten members of his family . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Whiskey Au Go Go fire </Td> <Td> 8 March 1973 </Td> <Td> Fortitude Valley, Queensland </Td> <Td> 0015! 15 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Arson attack that killed 15 people and injured many more at a nightclub . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Campsie murders </Td> <Td> 24 September 1981 </Td> <Td> Campsie, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Rampage killing by Fouad Daoud, who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inland Motel murders </Td> <Td> 18 August 1983 </Td> <Td> Uluru, Northern Territory </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> 0000! 16 </Td> <Td> Vehicular attack by Douglas Crabbe, who drove a truck into the bar of the Inland Motel after being refused service . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wahroonga murders </Td> <Td> 1 June 1984 </Td> <Td> Wahroonga, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Rampage killing by John Brandon, who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Milperra massacre </Td> <Td> 2 September 1984 </Td> <Td> Milperra, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0007! 7 </Td> <Td> 0028! 28 </Td> <Td> Shootout between two rival motorcycle gangs . One bystander was among those killed in the incident . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Top End Shootings </Td> <Td> June 1987 </Td> <Td> Top End, Northern Territory </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spree killing by Joseph Schwab over a five - day period . Shot dead by police . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoddle Street massacre </Td> <Td> 9 August 1987 </Td> <Td> Clifton Hill, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0007! 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A spree shooting by Julian Knight . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canley Vale Huynh family murders </Td> <Td> 10 October 1987 </Td> <Td> Canley Vale, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rampage killing by John Tran, who shot dead five members of a family . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queen Street massacre </Td> <Td> 8 December 1987 </Td> <Td> Melbourne, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0008! 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A spree shooting / murder--suicide by Frank Vitkovic . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oenpelli shootings </Td> <Td> 25 September 1988 </Td> <Td> Oenpelli, Northern Territory </Td> <Td> 0006! 6 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Rampage killing by Dennis Rostron, shooting six members of his family at a remote Arnhem Land outstation in Oenpelli . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Surry Hills shootings </Td> <Td> 30 August 1990 </Td> <Td> Surry Hills, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> 0007! 7 </Td> <Td> A spree shooting by Paul Anthony Evers who killed five people and injured seven with a 12 gauge pump - action shotgun at a public housing precinct in Surry Hills before surrendering to police . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strathfield massacre </Td> <Td> 17 August 1991 </Td> <Td> Strathfield, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0007! 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A spree shooting / murder--suicide by Wade Frankum . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Central Coast massacre </Td> <Td> 27 October 1992 </Td> <Td> Terrigal, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0006! 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A spree shooting by Malcolm George Baker . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greenough Family Massacre </Td> <Td> 21 February 1993 </Td> <Td> Greenough, Western Australia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> William Patrick Mitchell (Bill Mitchell) murdered Karen MacKenzie and her three children with an axe at their remote rural property in Greenough, Western Australia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 Cangai siege </Td> <Td> March 1993 </Td> <Td> Cangai, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Leonard Leabeater, Robert Steele and Raymond Bassett went on a nine - day rampage resulting in their taking hostages in a siege in a farmhouse at Hanging Rock Station in Cangai . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hillcrest murders </Td> <Td> 25 January 1996 </Td> <Td> Hillcrest, Queensland </Td> <Td> 0006! 6 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> Rampage killing by Peter May, who shot dead six members of his family before killing himself . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Port Arthur massacre </Td> <Td> 28 April 1996 </Td> <Td> Port Arthur, Tasmania </Td> <Td> 0035! 35 </Td> <Td> 0024! 24 </Td> <Td> A spree shooting by Martin Bryant . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Murder suicide </Td> <Td> 28 June 1997 </Td> <Td> Richmond, Tasmania </Td> <Td> 005! 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Shoobridge cut the throats of his four daughters whilst they slept then took his own life with a rifle after cutting off one of his hands with an axe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wright St Bikie murders </Td> <Td> 8 October 1999 </Td> <Td> Adelaide, Australia </Td> <Td> 0003! 3 </Td> <Td> 002! 7 </Td> <Td> Hell's Angels feud (mass shooting). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire </Td> <Td> 23 June 2000 </Td> <Td> Childers, Queensland </Td> <Td> 0015! 15 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Arson attack by Robert Paul Long, which killed 15 international backpackers . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Monash University shooting </Td> <Td> 21 October 2002 </Td> <Td> Melbourne, Victoria </Td> <Td> 002! 2 </Td> <Td> 005! 5 </Td> <Td> Mass shooting attack by Huan Yun "Allen" Xiang . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Singh family murders </Td> <Td> 22 April 2003 </Td> <Td> Brisbane, Australia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Triple homicide of Singh siblings by the eldest sisters boyfirend, Max Sica . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poulson family murders </Td> <Td> 15 September 2003 </Td> <Td> Wilberforce, New South Wales </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Four - year - old Marilyn, one - year - old Sebastian and their grandfather Peter were murdered by Phitack Kongsom, who then killed himself . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Churchill Fire </Td> <Td> 7 February 2009 </Td> <Td> Churchill, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0010! 10 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Arson attack by Brendan Sokaluk that killed ten people, during the Black Saturday bushfires period . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lin family murders </Td> <Td> 18 July 2009 </Td> <Td> North Epping, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Blunt instrument attack that killed five members of the Lin family . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 Hectorville siege </Td> <Td> 29 April 2011 </Td> <Td> Hectorville, South Australia </Td> <Td> 0003! 3 </Td> <Td> 0003! 3 </Td> <Td> Siege attack where Anthony Carbo murdered three people and injured three more including two police officers . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quakers Hill nursing home fire </Td> <Td> 18 November 2011 </Td> <Td> Sydney, NSW </Td> <Td> 0011! 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arson attack by Roger Kingsley Dean, a nurse, which killed 11 people . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rozelle fire murders </Td> <Td> 4 September 2014 </Td> <Td> Rozelle, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0003! 3 </Td> <Td> 0002! 2 </Td> <Td> Arson murder by Adeel Khan which killed three and injured another two . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hunt family murders </Td> <Td> 9 September 2014 </Td> <Td> Lockhart, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 0005! 5 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> A mass shooting and familicide by Geoff Hunt who killed his wife and three children before turning the gun on himself . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wedderburn shooting </Td> <Td> 23 October 2014 </Td> <Td> Wedderburn, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0005! 3 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> A mass shooting and siege by Ian Francis Jamieson who shot a husband and wife, after stabbing their son to death . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 Sydney hostage crisis </Td> <Td> 15 - 16 December 2014 </Td> <Td> Sydney, NSW </Td> <Td> 0008! 3 </Td> <Td> 0001! 1 </Td> <Td> Siege . A lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage twenty customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café located at Martin Place for 16 hours . The NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit shot Monis dead, after he executed a hostage . In the exchange, one person was hit by police bullet fragments, causing accidental death . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cairns child killings </Td> <Td> 19 December 2014 </Td> <Td> Cairns, Queensland </Td> <Td> 0008! 8 </Td> <Td> 0001! 1 (self - inflicted by perpetrator) </Td> <Td> Stabbing attack and Familicide . Eight children aged 18 months to 15 years killed . Thirty - seven - year - old woman also found injured . The woman, Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday, was later charged with the murder of the children, seven of whom were hers, plus her niece . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> January 2017 Melbourne car attack </Td> <Td> 20 January 2017 </Td> <Td> Melbourne, Victoria </Td> <Td> 0006! 6 </Td> <Td> 0030! 30 </Td> <Td> Vehicular attack . Dimitrious Gargasoulas allegedly drove a Holden Commodore into Bourke St Mall, resulting in the deaths of six people and injuring 30 + others . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Osmington shooting </Td> <Td> 11 May 2018 </Td> <Td> Osmington, Western Australia </Td> <Td> 0007! 7 </Td> <Td> 0000! 0 </Td> <Td> A mass shooting, with three adults and four children killed . A grandfather shot his four grandchildren at their home, his daughter, his wife, and then himself . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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