George Poultney Malcolm Murray

George's father was a pastoralist, his family residing at the Warrawang property at Mt Lambie near Bathurst.

George was posted to the Dawson River region to assist in the reprisals following the Hornet Bank massacre where he maintained an effective control without exercising unnecessary severity.

In October of that year, the Cullin-la-ringo massacre occurred near the Nogoa River and Murray mobilised his section to that region.

[7] In 1865, Murray was publicly condemned by social identity Gideon Lang for his sanctioning of a sequence of massacres of Aboriginal people conducted by sub-Inspector Otto Paschen and his troopers in the Expedition Range.

The following year, Murray headed an investigation into complaints against sub-Inspector Myrtil Aubin of the Native Police for the killing of eight Aboriginals in the township of Morinish.

Murray controversially concluded that it was clearly the duty of Aubin and his troopers to kill these people (which included old men and children[9]) and "it is very much to be regretted that they did not do so quietly".