Thirty-nine sheep taken from Yates near Mount Remarkable, 18 December 1851

Date: 18 Dec 1851
Place: Near Mt Remarkable
Yates reported thirty-nine sheep had been taken from his run near Mount Remarkable. He and two police constables went in search and found the remains of four sheep, supposedly killed by Aboriginal people. The remainder were not found. Yates was unable to prove they had been taken by Aboriginal people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Thirty-nine sheep taken from Yates near Mount Remarkable, 18 December 1851
    18 Dec 1851 — Near Mt Remarkable
    Yates reported thirty-nine sheep had been taken from his run near Mount Remarkable. He and two police constables went in search and found the remains of four sheep, supposedly killed by Aboriginal people. The remainder were not found. Yates was unable to prove they had been taken by Aboriginal people.
    (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