Border Police overstretched and reinforced.

Date: 1 Sep 1839 – 19 Sep 1839
Place: Gundagai
Border Police were overstretched, with too few men and horses to police Aboriginal raiders and bushrangers in the large region between Yass and the Ovens River. They were reinforced with some troops and horses at the Mr Cosby’s head quarters (probably the police base at Gundagai). Colonists complain Border Police are ineffective and ‘Protectors of Aborigines’ are a waste of money.

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Sources

  • CORRESPONDENCE. (1839, September 19). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824–1848), p. 3.

Event mentions

  • Border Police overstretched and reinforced.
    1 Sep 1839 – 19 Sep 1839 — Gundagai
    Border Police were overstretched, with too few men and horses to police Aboriginal raiders and bushrangers in the large region between Yass and the Ovens River. They were reinforced with some troops and horses at the Mr Cosby’s head quarters (probably the police base at Gundagai). Colonists complain Border Police are ineffective and ‘Protectors of Aborigines’ are a waste of money.
    Source: CORRESPONDENCE. (1839, September 19). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824–1848), p. 3.