Taking of sheep from Anstey and Giles’s shepherds, 1 July 1849

Date: 1 Jul 1849
Place: Hardwicke Bay area
Between fifteen and twenty men confronted shepherds, William Bruce Scott and James Brown. Three men attempted to communicate, first with Brown (at the head of the flock) and then with Scott (at the back). The shepherds attempted to frighten them away by firing a pistol, after which the Aboriginal men threw stones at the shepherds. Scott and Brown ran away, leaving the sheep. When the flock was recovered, two hundred sheep were missing.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Taking of sheep from Anstey and Giles’s shepherds, 1 July 1849
    1 Jul 1849 — Hardwicke Bay area
    Between fifteen and twenty men confronted shepherds, William Bruce Scott and James Brown. Three men attempted to communicate, first with Brown (at the head of the flock) and then with Scott (at the back). The shepherds attempted to frighten them away by firing a pistol, after which the Aboriginal men threw stones at the shepherds. Scott and Brown ran away, leaving the sheep. When the flock was recovered, two hundred sheep were missing.
    (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