Sheep taken and Dutton and Hardy’s shepherd injured, River Light, 16 June 1841

Date: 16 Jun 1841
Place: Arthur Hardy’s station in the vicinity of Mt Dispersion (NB Mt Dispersion re-named Anlaby by Dutton)
A flock of sheep ‘forcibly taken possession of by a party of natives’ were recovered ‘through the courage and persevering efforts’ of two shepherds who beat the Aboriginal men off with stout saplings. Frederick Dutton stated that ‘the blacks so severely injured one shepherd while alone in charge of his flock that his life was despaired of for some time’ but that he would recover.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Jack (a ‘native shepherd)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.

Sources

Event mentions

  • Sheep taken and Dutton and Hardy’s shepherd injured, River Light, 16 June 1841
    16 Jun 1841 — Arthur Hardy’s station in the vicinity of Mt Dispersion (NB Mt Dispersion re-named Anlaby by Dutton)
    A flock of sheep ‘forcibly taken possession of by a party of natives’ were recovered ‘through the courage and persevering efforts’ of two shepherds who beat the Aboriginal men off with stout saplings. Frederick Dutton stated that ‘the blacks so severely injured one shepherd while alone in charge of his flock that his life was despaired of for some time’ but that he would recover.
    (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