Mark Richards’ murder of an Aboriginal man on Bungaree station, 2 February 1842

Date: 2 Feb 1842
Place: Out-station on Bungaree (Hawker’s station)
A hutkeeper at one of the Hawker brothers’ outstations, Mark Richards, shot an Aboriginal man through the heart and smashed his skull after he entered the sheep fold during the night.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Mark Richards’ murder of an Aboriginal man on Bungaree station, 2 February 1842
    2 Feb 1842 — Out-station on Bungaree (Hawker’s station)
    A hutkeeper at one of the Hawker brothers’ outstations, Mark Richards, shot an Aboriginal man through the heart and smashed his skull after he entered the sheep fold during the night.
    (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