Henry Edmund Pulteney Dana (1820–1852) established the Native Police Corps in the Port Phillip District (later Victoria) in 1842, he was responsible for two massacres of Aboriginal people one at Barmah Lake in 1843 and the other at Snowy River in 1846. Dana was born in England, his father being Captain William Pulteney Dana of the 6th Regiment.
Henry Edmund Pulteney Dana (1820–1852) established a police force for Aboriginal people in Victoria in 1842, but he was also responsible for two violent incidents against them, one at Barmah Lake in 1843 and another at Snowy River in 1846. Dana was born in England to Captain William Pulteney Dana of the 6th Regiment.