Spearing of Charles Campbell’s cattle, 11 February 1842

Date: 11 Feb 1842
Place: Campbell’s cattle station
Aboriginal people spear several of Campbell’s calves and gather in large numbers in the vicinity of Campbell’s cattle station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Spearing of Charles Campbell’s cattle, 11 February 1842
    11 Feb 1842 — Campbell’s cattle station
    Aboriginal people spear several of Campbell’s calves and gather in large numbers in the vicinity of Campbell’s cattle 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