Massacre in the Northern Territory, Australia
| Stapleton Siding massacre |
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| Location | Stapleton Siding (English) / Perrmadjin (Aboriginal),
Stapleton, Northern Territory |
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| Date | July 1895 |
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Attack type | Poisoning |
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| Weapon | Poison |
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| Deaths | 80 Kungarakany and Warray people killed |
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| Victims | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People |
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| Perpetrators | Colonists |
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The Stapleton Siding massacre was a massacre of Aboriginal Australians at Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia. The massacre, which was committed by supplying poisoned damper to civilians that likely contained weed-killer, killed approximately 80 Kungarakany and Warray peoples.[1]
One of the most notable survivors of the massacre was the Aboriginal Elder Alngindabu who was then just 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]
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