. ▁ 1 8 6 7 . ▁G oul bol ba ▁Hill ▁Mass acre , ▁on ▁John ▁Arthur ▁Mac art ney ' s ▁St ▁Hel ens ▁Station ▁Central ▁Queensland : ▁large ▁mass acre ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 6 ▁or ▁early ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁involving ▁men , ▁women ▁and ▁children . ▁This ▁was ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁sett lers ▁pushing ▁Ab original ▁people ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁hunting ▁grounds ▁and ▁the ▁Ab original ▁people ▁being ▁forced ▁to ▁h unt ▁liv est ock ▁for ▁food . ▁A ▁party ▁of ▁Native ▁Police , ▁alleg edly ▁under ▁Frederick ▁Whe eler , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁reputation ▁for ▁violent ▁repr essions , ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁" dis per se " ▁this ▁group ▁of ▁Ab original ▁people , ▁who ▁were ▁" res isting ▁the ▁invasion ". ▁He ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁also ▁must ered ▁up ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁local ▁whites . ▁Alert ed ▁to ▁Whe eler ' s ▁presence ▁by ▁a ▁native ▁stock man , ▁the ▁district ' s ▁Ab original ▁people ▁hid ▁in ▁c aves ▁on ▁G oul bol ba ▁Hill . ▁According ▁to ▁e y ew it ness ▁testim ony ▁taken ▁down ▁from ▁one ▁local ▁white ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁( th irty ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁event ), ▁that ▁day ▁some ▁ 3 0 0 ▁Ab original ▁people , ▁including ▁all ▁the ▁women ▁and ▁children , ▁were ▁shot ▁dead ▁or ▁killed ▁by ▁being ▁her ded ▁into ▁the ▁nearby ▁lake ▁for ▁d row ning . ▁G oul bol ba