Stapleton Siding massacre

The Stapleton Siding massacre was a massacre of Aboriginal Australians at Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia. The massacre, which was committed by supplying poisoned damper that likely contained weed-killer, killed approximately 80 Kungarakany and Warray people.^[1]

Stapleton Siding massacre
Part of Mass poisonings of Aboriginal Australians
Location	Stapleton Siding (English) / Perrmadjin (Aboriginal), Stapleton, Northern Territory
Date	July 1895
Attack type	Poisoning
Weapon	Poison
Deaths	80 Kungarakany and Warray people killed
Victims	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
Perpetrators	Colonists

One of the most notable survivors of the massacre was the Aboriginal elder Alngindabu, who was then a child.^[2] A description of the massacre was passed down by Kungarakany elders, including Alngindabu to her son, Aboriginal political activist Joe McGinness.^[3][4]

Additional sources

• Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia, 1788–1930 – University of Newcastle (Australia).