Battle of Pinjarra

The Battle of Pinjarra, Pinjarra massacre also called, was held in Pinjarra, Western Australia on 28 October 1834. It killed a mounted police force, headed by Governor James Stirling 15 to 30 Aboriginal people from the tribe of Aborigines of Pinjarup ( Noongar ).

This was preceded by the event an incident of 24 July 1834 Two White, a soldier and an ex- soldier, were lured by the Aborigines in an ambush in which a soldier was killed and the other "with three spears stuck in his back could " escape. a first search for the perpetrators was unsuccessful. therefore invoiced Stirling a group of 25 police on horseback together. As the camp of the Noongar was found on a river, Stirling sent a squad of five police officers directly to the camp, where about 70 Aborigines were, while the remaining policemen distributed to attack the camp from different sides. Among the first five police officers who arrived at the camp, lost three of their horses in the confrontation, one died. the Pinjarup initially fled not, but fought. when they realized their inferiority, they jumped into the river and dived when they emerged again to breathe, they shot the policeman.

The Battle of Pinjarra, as he entered first in the history is now called massacre, as innocent bystanders, were killed, among them children.