1857 fand an der "Hornet Bank Station", 40 Kilometer von Taroom entfernt, das Hornet-Bank-Massaker statt, bei dem elf Europäer von den Aborigines der Yeeman getötet wurden. ###>Situated west of Taroom is Hornet Bank Station which was the site of the 1857 Hornet Bank massacre, the genocidal reprisals for which led to the Yeeman Indigenous language group and people being wiped out.