The Murphy family. Pictured are Daniel (senior) and Mary Murphy (seated), with 8 of their 10 children behind them:(left to right) John, Jeremy, Patrick, William, Polly, Norah, Theresa 'Ellen' and Catherine.
Michael Murphy, pictured in 1898.
The Gatton Murders, also known as the Gatton Tragedy, the Gatton Mystery, and the Murphy Murders, refer to an unsolved triple homicide that occurred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the town of Gatton, in the Colony of Queensland, present-day Australia. Michael Murphy, aged 29, and his younger sisters, Honora (Norah), aged 27, and Theresa (Ellen), aged 18, were murdered between 10 pm and 4 am on 26–27 December 1898 while returning home from a cancelled dance. All three siblings had been bludgeoned; in addition, Michael had been shot and Norah strangled.