▁hands ▁and ▁their ▁wr ith ing ▁bodies ▁were ▁then ▁either ▁shot ▁or ▁they ▁were ▁club bed ▁to ▁death . ▁The ▁bodies ▁were ▁subsequently ▁burn ed ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁police . ▁This ▁mass acre ▁has ▁been ▁dep icted ▁in ▁art works ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁G ija ▁tribe , ▁the ▁ident ities ▁of ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁perpet rat ors ▁passed ▁down ▁and ▁the ▁events ▁re - en act ed ▁in ▁a ▁traditional ▁cor rob ore e ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁performed ▁since ▁the ▁mass acre ▁alleg edly ▁occurred . ▁The ▁accounts ▁became ▁widely ▁known ▁after ▁or al ▁histor ies ▁collected ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁East ▁Kim ber ley ▁Imp act ▁Ass ess ment ▁Project ▁( E K I AP ) ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁As ▁is ▁custom ary ▁for ▁Ind igen ous ▁reports , ▁the ▁E K I AP ▁did ▁not ▁name ▁anyone ▁who ▁was ▁dead . ▁Mor an ▁was ▁una ware ▁that ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁written ▁accounts ▁did ▁name ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁e y ew it ness es ▁and ▁surv iv ors ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁kill ers ▁and ▁other ▁whites ▁who ▁were ▁present ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁particip ate . ▁ ▁June ▁ 1 9 2 6 . ▁For rest ▁River ▁mass acre : ▁Western ▁Australian ▁police ▁const ables , ▁James ▁Graham ▁St ▁Jack ▁and ▁Dennis ▁H ast ings ▁Reg an ▁led ▁a ▁month ▁long ▁pun itive ▁expedition ▁against ▁Ab original ▁people ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁For rest ▁River ▁region . ▁After ▁the ▁local ▁mission ▁station ▁reported