Confrontation between Aboriginal men and Europeans in which one Aboriginal man fell, Hope’s station on the Wakefield, 9 December 1841

Date: 9 Dec 1841
Place: Hope’s station on the Wakefield
On 9 December a group of about 50 Aboriginal men drove 150 sheep from one of Hope’s flocks. In attempting to recover the sheep, the Europeans were attacked with spears and waddies and forced to run ‘for their lives’. Later that day, 12 men with firearms and one unarmed man confronted between 20-30 Aboriginal men. In the ensuing fight, an Aboriginal man fell and was possibly killed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Confrontation between Aboriginal men and Europeans in which one Aboriginal man fell, Hope’s station on the Wakefield, 9 December 1841
    9 Dec 1841 — Hope’s station on the Wakefield
    On 9 December a group of about 50 Aboriginal men drove 150 sheep from one of Hope’s flocks. In attempting to recover the sheep, the Europeans were attacked with spears and waddies and forced to run ‘for their lives’. Later that day, 12 men with firearms and one unarmed man confronted between 20-30 Aboriginal men. In the ensuing fight, an Aboriginal man fell and was possibly killed.
    (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