res ▁in ▁Victoria . ▁Wh al ers ▁and ▁the ▁local ▁Kil car er ▁cl an ▁of ▁the ▁G und it jm ara ▁people ▁disput ed ▁rights ▁to ▁a ▁be ached ▁wh ale ▁car c ass . ▁Re ports ▁vary ▁with ▁from ▁ 6 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Ab original ▁Austral ians ▁killed , ▁including ▁women ▁and ▁children . ▁An ▁ 1 8 4 2 ▁report ▁on ▁the ▁incident ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁G und it jm ara ▁people ▁believed ▁that ▁only ▁two ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Kil car er ▁cl an ▁surv ived . ▁▁ 1 8 3 0 - 1 8 3 5 . ▁The ▁W arrow en ▁mass acre ▁was ▁an ▁apparent ▁mass ▁killing ▁of ▁Bun ur ong ▁people ▁by ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁K urn ai ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity ▁of ▁present - day ▁Bright on , ▁Victoria . ▁St ories ▁of ▁the ▁mass acre ▁were ▁attributed ▁to ▁eye - w it ness ▁Ab original ▁testim ony , ▁documented ▁several ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁are ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁have ▁occurred , ▁by ▁William ▁Thomas ▁and ▁George ▁August us ▁Robinson . ▁Thomas ▁stated ▁that ▁at ▁least ▁ 6 0 ▁people ▁had ▁been ▁killed . ▁According ▁to ▁Robinson , ▁the ▁mass acre ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁an ▁entire ▁Bun ur ong ▁cl an , ▁allowing ▁a ▁K urn ai ▁cl an ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁their ▁territory . ▁▁ 1 8 3 6 . ▁The ▁Mount ▁C ott rell ▁mass acre ▁was ▁a ▁repr is al ▁for ▁the ▁killing ▁of ▁squ atter