Campbell’s employees threatened at their station near at Bungaree, 3 February 1842

Date: 3 Feb 1842
Place: Campbell’s cattle station
Following the death of the Aboriginal man (shot by Mark Richards) at an outstation on Bungaree, Aboriginal people threatened Europeans at Campbell’s cattle station and set fire to the surrounding country.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Campbell’s employees threatened at their station near at Bungaree, 3 February 1842
    3 Feb 1842 — Campbell’s cattle station
    Following the death of the Aboriginal man (shot by Mark Richards) at an outstation on Bungaree, Aboriginal people threatened Europeans at Campbell’s cattle station and set fire to the surrounding country.
    (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