– 8 4 ▁" was ▁shown " ▁at ▁Bl ad ens burg ▁" a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁sk ull s ▁of ▁n atives ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁shot ▁by ▁the ▁black ▁police " ▁some ▁years ▁earlier . ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁P . ▁H . ▁F ▁Mack ay ▁wrote ▁an ▁article ▁to ▁The ▁Queensland er ▁cit ing ▁one ▁witness ▁and ▁particip ant ▁in ▁this ▁dispers al ▁– ▁the ▁later ▁property ▁manager ▁Haz el ton ▁Bro ck ▁– ▁who ▁class ified ▁the ▁incident ▁as ▁" the ▁Mass acre ▁of ▁the ▁Black s " ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁Sk ull ▁H ole ▁on ▁M ist ake ▁Creek . ▁Thus ▁two ▁un related ▁sources ▁give ▁evidence ▁and ▁details ▁( not ably ▁with ▁reports ▁of ▁for ens ic ▁evidence ▁in ▁both ▁cases ) ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁large - scale ▁dispers als ▁at ▁Bl ad ens burg ▁some ▁time ▁about ▁ 1 8 7 7 – 1 8 7 9 . ▁It ▁was ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁blood ▁cur d ling ▁s ights ▁I ▁ever ▁saw " ▁Haz el ton ▁Bro ck ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁stated . ▁Both ▁sources ▁describe ▁it ▁as ▁connected ▁to ▁an ▁Ab original ▁attack ▁on ▁a ▁bul lock ▁w agon ▁during ▁which ▁one ▁man ▁was ▁' m ur der ed '. ▁The ▁dispers al ▁was ▁head ed ▁by ▁Act ing ▁Sub - ins pect or ▁Robert ▁Wil fred ▁Mor an ▁( 1 8 4 6 – 1 9 1 1 ) ▁and ▁his ▁tro op ers