Aboriginal people attack Robinson’s station and kill sixteen sheep, 16 December 1841

Date: 15 Dec 1841
Place: Robinson’s station on the Wakefield
James Hawker recorded in his diary on 15 December that ‘The natives have attacked Robinson’s station on the Wakefield and killed 16 sheep’ and that the Police were out ‘after them’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal people attack Robinson’s station and kill sixteen sheep, 16 December 1841
    15 Dec 1841 — Robinson’s station on the Wakefield
    James Hawker recorded in his diary on 15 December that ‘The natives have attacked Robinson’s station on the Wakefield and killed 16 sheep’ and that the Police were out ‘after them’.
    (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