One man killed and another injured by Gleeson’s shepherd, September 1840

Date: 1 Jan 1840
Place: Gleeson’s station, Hutt River (Clare)
Two Aboriginal men attempted to separate 200-300 sheep from a flock belonging to EB Gleeson while other Aboriginal men speared sheep. Gleeson’s shepherd fired, killing one man, wounding another and shooting a dog belonging to the group, after which 200 Aboriginal people (with very few women) surrounded the station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • One man killed and another injured by Gleeson’s shepherd, September 1840
    1 Jan 1840 — Gleeson’s station, Hutt River (Clare)
    Two Aboriginal men attempted to separate 200-300 sheep from a flock belonging to EB Gleeson while other Aboriginal men speared sheep. Gleeson’s shepherd fired, killing one man, wounding another and shooting a dog belonging to the group, after which 200 Aboriginal people (with very few women) surrounded the station.
    (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