The Peters brothers, Hughes, Hope and Bagot have sheep speared and taken during the last six months of 1841

Date: 1 Jan 1841
Place: River Light and Wakefield River
In his half yearly report for the second half of 1841, Protector Moorhouse stated that the sheep of Captain Bagot, the Peters brothers, Mr Hope and Mr Hughes had been attacked, with some sheep speared and taken away. The Messrs Peters experienced the greatest loss, having had at one time about 21 taken away. None of the guilty parties were captured in any instance.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • The Peters brothers, Hughes, Hope and Bagot have sheep speared and taken during the last six months of 1841
    1 Jan 1841 — River Light and Wakefield River
    In his half yearly report for the second half of 1841, Protector Moorhouse stated that the sheep of Captain Bagot, the Peters brothers, Mr Hope and Mr Hughes had been attacked, with some sheep speared and taken away. The Messrs Peters experienced the greatest loss, having had at one time about 21 taken away. None of the guilty parties were captured in any instance.
    (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