John Keyan, shepherd of the White brothers, surrounded and assaulted by a group led by ‘Yellowman’, 5 November 1844

Date: 5 Nov 1844
Place: The White brothers’ station (to be named Charlton, near current day Wirrabara) , Mid North
Thirty sheep were taken from the White brothers’ shepherd, John Keyan, who was held down by two men.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • ‘Yellowman’
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.

Sources

Event mentions

  • John Keyan, shepherd of the White brothers, surrounded and assaulted by a group led by ‘Yellowman’, 5 November 1844
    5 Nov 1844 — The White brothers’ station (to be named Charlton, near current day Wirrabara) , Mid North
    Thirty sheep were taken from the White brothers’ shepherd, John Keyan, who was held down by two men.
    (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