Spearing and waddying of John Thicket (John Horrocks’s shepherd), 13 February 1840

Date: 13 Feb 1840
Place: Horrock’s station, Penwortham region
Shepherd John Thicket was confronted by 6 or 7 men while out with his sheep. He was struck on the head and face with waddies, speared in the back and wounded by a sharp instrument on the right side under his bottom rib, but recovered from his injuries.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Spearing and waddying of John Thicket (John Horrocks’s shepherd), 13 February 1840
    13 Feb 1840 — Horrock’s station, Penwortham region
    Shepherd John Thicket was confronted by 6 or 7 men while out with his sheep. He was struck on the head and face with waddies, speared in the back and wounded by a sharp instrument on the right side under his bottom rib, but recovered from his injuries.
    (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