Roma Kelly Roma Kelly i(8881111 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kayardild
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1 y separately published work icon The McKenzie Massacre on Bentinck Island Roma Kelly , Nicholas Evans , Cassy Nancarrow , Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2015 8881284 2015 single work picture book

'In 1911 a man named McKenzie obtained a government lease which, according to Queensland law, gave him title hold over all of Sweers Island and a large portion of Bentinck Island. In the 1980s Roma Kelly told linguist Nicholas Evans about the brutal massacre led by McKenzie in 1918 at Rukuthi, for which he was never punished.' (Source: Online)
1 The McKenzie Massacre on Bentinck Island Roma Kelly , Nicholas Evans , 1985 single work biography
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 9 no. 1 1985; (p. 44-52)

'Details of a 1918 massacre of Kaiadilt Aboriginal people living on Bentinck Island by one McKenzie, who was part of a European party attempting to occupy Bentinck Island, are presented. A transcription, gloss and English translation of the text on the massacre are presented.' (Source: Abstract)
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