Bluff Rock is 10 km south of Tenterfield. It is on private property, but can be clearly seen from the New England Highway. There are conflicting records of the 1844 massacre, but it is said that a shepherd named Robinson was murdered by Aborigines on the Irby Station at Bolivia. The Aborigines fled to the rock, chased by a group of four white men who caught them and threw them from the top, killing most of the tribe and injuring the remainder.
Edward Irby wrote of the incident at the time:
"The blacks heard us coming and hid themselves among the rocks. One, in his hurry, dropped poor Robinson's coat, so we knew we were onto the right tribe. If they had taken to their heels they might have got away. Instead of doing so, they got their fighting men together to attack us, so we punished them severely and proved our superiority to them".
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Bluff Rock.
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