A reconciliation project undertaken by Indigenous and non Indigenous residents provides a place for people to reflect on one of the less glorious events of our shared history since European settlement.
In 1838, Myall Creek Station was the site of a massacre of 28 unarmed women, children and old men by a squatter and 11 of his workers. The Myall Creek massacre resulted in, for the first time, the European perpetrators of such an atrocity being tried and found guilty. Eleven where charged with seven convicted and hung. As an example of rough justice at the time, the squatter himself was never brought to trial!
A path with interpretive signs unfolds the story of Myall Creek, leading visitors to the reconciliation rock. At each sign people can sit and reflect on past wrongs, as they walk towards a future based on reconciliation.
