▁a ▁fashion . ▁▁▁ 1 1 ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁The ▁La ver ton ▁Mass acre . ▁ ▁A ▁" tre acher ous " ▁and ▁" app alling ▁mass acre ▁of ▁def en cel ess ▁women , ▁perhaps ▁known ▁in ▁the ▁ann als ▁of ▁Australian ▁history , ▁when ▁seven ▁[ A bor iginal ] ▁women ▁( most ly ▁old ) ▁and ▁three ▁men ▁were ▁r uth lessly ▁done ▁to ▁death , ▁and ▁fifteen ▁other ▁human ▁be ings ▁spe ared ▁and ▁batter ed ▁in ▁a ▁brut al ▁and ▁cold - blo oded ▁manner ... [ by ] ▁the ▁Dar lot ▁[ A bor iginal ] ▁n atives ", ▁in ▁a ▁reven ge ▁killing . ▁This ▁mass acre ▁was ▁also ▁recorded ▁by ▁D ais y ▁B ates ▁: ▁"... news ▁came ▁that ▁the ▁civil ized ▁and ▁semi - c ivil ized ▁circum c ised ▁[ A bor iginal ] ▁groups ▁of ▁Lake ▁Dar lot ▁had ▁desc ended ▁in ▁a ▁ra id ▁upon ▁a ▁native ▁camp ▁at ▁L ance field , ▁near ▁La ver ton , ▁killing ▁eleven ▁men , ▁women ▁and ▁children . ▁The ▁groups ▁had ▁scattered , ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁had ▁found ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁murder ers , ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁const ern ation ▁of ▁the ▁peace able ▁n atives ▁and ▁white ▁sett lers ▁in ▁the ▁district ". ▁▁▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁M ist ake ▁Creek ▁Mass acre : ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁Michael ▁R hat igan , ▁a ▁te legraph ▁lines man ▁based ▁at ▁Turkey