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Darkey Flat massacre
Date circa 1845
Location
Darkey Flat (now known as Pratten), Queensland
28°05′16″S 151°46′59″E / 28.08778°S 151.78306°E / -28.08778; 151.78306
Result Massacre of aboriginal Australians
Belligerents
European settlers Aboriginal Australians

The Darkey Flat Massacre is a massacre of Aboriginal Australians by European settlers that supposedly took place some time in the 1840s. There is no eyewitness, first-hand, or clear documentary evidence relating to the massacre and there is some doubt as to whether it actually occurred.

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