▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁Colonel ▁Kenneth ▁Sn od gr ass , ▁attacked ▁an ▁enc amp ment ▁of ▁K amil ar oi ▁people ▁at ▁a ▁place ▁called ▁Water lo o ▁Creek ▁in ▁remote ▁bush land . ▁Official ▁reports ▁spoke ▁of ▁between ▁ 8 ▁and ▁ 5 0 ▁killed . ▁ ▁The ▁mission ary ▁Lan cel ot ▁Th rel k eld ▁set ▁the ▁number ▁at ▁ 1 2 0 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁campaign ▁to ▁gar ner ▁support ▁for ▁his ▁Mission . ▁Th rel k eld ▁later ▁claimed ▁Major ▁N unn ▁bo asted ▁they ▁had ▁killed ▁ 2 0 0 ▁to ▁ 3 0 0 ▁black ▁Austral ians , ▁a ▁statement ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁historian ▁Roger ▁Mill iss . ▁ ▁Other ▁estimates ▁range ▁from ▁ 4 0 ▁to ▁ 7 0 . ▁▁ 1 8 3 8 . ▁My all ▁Creek ▁mass acre ▁– ▁ 1 0 ▁June : ▁ 2 8 ▁people ▁killed ▁at ▁My all ▁Creek ▁near ▁In ver ell , ▁New ▁South ▁Wales . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Ab original ▁mass acre ▁for ▁which ▁white ▁European ▁and ▁black ▁African ▁sett lers ▁were ▁successfully ▁pro sec uted . ▁Several ▁colon ists ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁found ▁not ▁guilty ▁by ▁jur ies ▁despite ▁the ▁weight ▁of ▁evidence ▁and ▁one ▁colon ist ▁found ▁guilty ▁had ▁been ▁p ardon ed ▁when ▁his ▁case ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁Britain ▁for ▁sent encing . ▁Ele ven ▁men ▁were ▁charged ▁with ▁murder ▁but ▁were ▁initially ▁acqu itted ▁by ▁a ▁j ury . ▁On ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁the ▁Governor , ▁a ▁new