Published: March 07, 2019
Oombulgurri in the Kimberley remains a place of great pain and darkness almost a century on from the Forrest River killings
• ‘Conspiracy of silence’: how sabotaged inquiries fed massacre denials
Located on the banks of east Kimberley’s Forrest River, with a scenic cliff face at its entrance, Oombulgurri boasts rare natural beauty. Few would believe this peaceful, isolated spot – only accessible by boat – has experienced so much trauma, and so recently.
Until 1969 Oombulgurri was a punitive Anglican mission called Forrest River. In 1926 tensions between Aboriginal people on the mission and residents of the nearby Nulla Nulla station, on their ancestral lands, came to a bloody head.
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