Police Expedition to the Coorong, c. 24 July to c. 12 August 1844

Date: 1 Aug 1844
Place: Coorong
In late July and early August, Sgt Major Tolmer with a party of approximately 11 police travelled to the Coorong to search for ‘certain natives of the Lake Albert or Milmenrura Tribe who have been guilty of robbing the sheep stations in the neighbourhood’. They drove a party of about 70 Aboriginal people onto rocks in the Coorong about 180 yards from the shore, but as the suspects were not identified, no further actions was taken.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Police Expedition to the Coorong, c. 24 July to c. 12 August 1844
    1 Aug 1844 — Coorong
    In late July and early August, Sgt Major Tolmer with a party of approximately 11 police travelled to the Coorong to search for ‘certain natives of the Lake Albert or Milmenrura Tribe who have been guilty of robbing the sheep stations in the neighbourhood’. They drove a party of about 70 Aboriginal people onto rocks in the Coorong about 180 yards from the shore, but as the suspects were not identified, no further actions was taken.
    (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