Cape Otway – Assault on Aborigines

Victoria Timeline Map Cape OtwayDuring the year of 1848, up to twenty Aborigines were reported to have been shot and killed “in cold blood” by the government survey party led by George Smythe at Cape Otway, located in the south-western region of Victoria.  

Sadly, all were killed bar one woman and the children  . . .

 

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