Mount Cottrell massacre

Mount Cottrell massacre
Location	Mount Cottrell, Victoria
Coordinates	37°46′08″S 144°38′02″E / 37.769°S 144.634°E / -37.769; 144.634
Date	16 July 1836 At dawn – (UTC+11:00)
Target	Wathaurong people
Attack type	Attack at dawn following observation during previous evening.
Weapons	Assailants: Muskets Defenders: Uncertain
Deaths	Around 10[1] (up to 35?) Aboriginal people
Injured	Unknown
Victims	Names unknown
Perpetrators	A group of 17 men
Assailants	Henry Batman Mr Guy George Hollins Michael Leonard David Pitcairn Alexander Thomson William Winberry John Wood Aboriginal men: Benbow, Derrimutt, Baitlange (Ben Benger) and Ballyan Sydney Aboriginal men: Bullett, Stewart and Joe the marine
No. of participants	17 assailants and around 10 victims[1]
Defenders	50–100 Wathaurong[1]
Motive	Revenge for killing of Charles Franks and Thomas Flinders
Inquiry	Investigation by Port Phillip Magistrate William Lonsdale sometime after late September 1836
Accused	None
Convicted	None
Verdict	None
Convictions	None
Charges	None
Litigation	None

The Mount Cottrell massacre involved the murder of an estimated 10 Wathaurong people near Mount Cottrell in the colony of Victoria in 1836, in retaliation for the killing of two European settlers.