Dis pers ing ▁the ▁mob ". ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 7 5 ▁dead ▁or ▁dying ▁was ▁counted ▁after ▁just ▁one ▁Native ▁Police ▁" dis pers al ", ▁most ▁likely ▁somewhere ▁in ▁the ▁Cook ▁district ▁in ▁Far ▁North ▁Queensland . ▁In ▁the ▁January ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁issue ▁of ▁Br is b ane ▁Daily ▁News , ▁the ▁highly ▁acc laimed ▁editor ▁Carl ▁Fe il berg , ▁recorded ▁the ▁numbers ▁of ▁killed ▁during ▁a ▁dispers al ▁in ▁the ▁far ▁north ▁( most ▁likely ▁Cook ▁district ) ▁saying ▁" A ▁gentleman , ▁on ▁whose ▁words ▁reli ance ▁can ▁be ▁placed , ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁after ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁ra ids ▁he ▁has ▁counted ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁sevent y - five ▁n atives ▁dead ▁or ▁dying ▁upon ▁the ▁ground . ▁Of ▁course ▁the ▁official ▁returns ▁will ▁report ▁the ▁ab original ▁race ▁to ▁be ▁fast ▁dying ▁out ." ▁▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁Sel w yn ▁Range , ▁North - West ▁Queensland . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁estimated ▁that ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 ▁Ab original ▁Austral ians ▁( supp osed ly ▁of ▁the ▁K alk ado on ▁tribe ) ▁were ▁shot ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Native ▁Police ▁and ▁sett ler ▁" dis pers als " ▁ending ▁in ▁the ▁Sel w yn ▁R anges . ▁It ▁was ▁ret ali ation ▁supposed ly ▁on ▁the ▁K alk ado on ▁tribe ▁following ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁" m ur der " ▁of ▁the ▁squ atter ▁Bernard ▁Mol vo ▁and ▁his ▁men ▁James ▁Kelly , ▁" Har ry " ▁or