Fatal shooting of an Aboriginal man by Mr Beevor’s shepherd, June 1840

Date: 10 Jun 1840
Place: Beevor’s station, (Tungkilla) in the Mount Barker District, Northern Mt Lofty Ranges
An Aboriginal man who supposedly attacked sheep and a shepherd was shot by the same shepherd at Mr Beevor’s station. Protector Moorhouse and the Commissioner of Police investigated and reported that the shepherd appeared to have acted in self-defence. A later account by John Wathrall Bull suggests the the death of this man was not intentional.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Fatal shooting of an Aboriginal man by Mr Beevor’s shepherd, June 1840
    10 Jun 1840 — Beevor’s station, (Tungkilla) in the Mount Barker District, Northern Mt Lofty Ranges
    An Aboriginal man who supposedly attacked sheep and a shepherd was shot by the same shepherd at Mr Beevor’s station. Protector Moorhouse and the Commissioner of Police investigated and reported that the shepherd appeared to have acted in self-defence. A later account by John Wathrall Bull suggests the the death of this man was not intentional.
    (See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
    Source: Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier