Skull Hole - Bladensburg National Park

Skull Hole is further up Mistake Creek near the headwaters. Deeply cut into the rocks for a distance with steep 20-30m sides. In the bottom are some small waterholes that are giving the birds a reason to be present. There were quite a number of Spinifex Pigeons around.

Skull Hole has another shameful history and the reason it was so named is quite horrific. It is said to be the site of a brutal massacre of about 200 the local aboriginal people. The atrocity was apparently carried out by "black police". The spot was a camping ground of the victims and some years after at least two very damning reports were made xonceening the scene.

Members of the group were supposed to have attacked a bullock dray and killed one man. There was only one case of literally thousands of unjust murders of the aborigal people in at least 250 massacres that was for many years swept under the carpet and hidden from the view of the population at large. Cruel murders were never dealt with as they should have been.

Over time many cruel and criminal activities were brought to public attention by people like Danish-born journalist Carl Feilberg who risked much to expose the brutality against Indigenous people during the late 19th century.

Carl Feilberg signifant efforts might have gone unacknowledged in history had it not been for the efforts of Robert Ørsted-Jensen, a Queensland-based political historianRead more