Talk:Mount Cottrell massacre

Is Infobox military conflict appropriate for an attack?
The article says it was an attack. Infobox "military conflict" isn’t the right one then. Should it not be "civilian attack"? Betterkeks (talk) 01:30, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy for it to be changed... Agree it's NQR for this page. Just used military as it was used in a similar page. Tony Grgurevic (talk) 11:48, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Done. Betterkeks (talk) 08:34, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Location of Massacre
It is unlikely that the massacre took place on Mt Cotterell itself. The description of Franks' hut is 'close to thick bushland'. Since Mt Cotterell is devoid of bushes or trees, this would need to mean either along the Werribee River, or the edge of the Pinkerton Forest or the Eynesbury Forest on the other side of the river, all about an hour or two walk away. The party tracking the perpetrators took 'a few days' to find them, which would have allowed them to travel as much as 50 km away, but more than likely a few kilometers at least. If they were on Mt Cotterell, they would have been immediately visible, as there is no cover or hiding place on the hill. Just a few hours walk away would get them to Melton or Werribee, and 5 hours to Little River, so the most likely scenario is that the massacre might have happened anywhere within a 10km radius.Garyvines (talk) 03:52, 22 January 2024 (UTC)