Upper Brisbane–Lockyer campaign

Upper Brisbane–Lockyer campaign
Part of War of Southern Queensland

Cressbrook Homestead c.1852-1853 was one of many stations attacked during the Upper Brisbane–Lockyer campaign
Datec. 1843–1846
Location
Upper Brisbane River and Lockyer Valley, south-east Queensland
Result Colonial victory; Aboriginal resistance suppressed inland
Belligerents
United Tribes
• Jagera,
• Dalla,
• Wakka Wakka,
• Yuggera,
• Giabal

British Empire
• Colony of New South Wales

Commanders and leaders
Multuggerah Stephen Simpson; local police and settlers
Strength
250-350 warriors Military, Mounted patrols and settler militias
Casualties and losses
Unknown (heavy) Minimal recorded

The Upper Brisbane–Lockyer campaign (1843–1846) was the western phase of the War of Southern Queensland, a sequence of frontier conflicts between Aboriginal confederations and British colonists in what is now south-east Queensland, Australia. Centred on the upper Brisbane River and Lockyer Valley areas, from Cressbrook and Colinton stations to Tarampa, Gatton and the Toowoomba Range, and it was led by the Jagera warrior and headman Multuggerah. The campaign included the Battle of One Tree Hill in September 1843, one of the best-documented Aboriginal victories of the Australian frontier wars.

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