Warriors kill Aboriginal worker

Date: 9 Oct 1839 – 16 Oct 1839
Place: Mr Peters’s Station
Wiradjuri warriors kill an Aboriginal person working at Mr Peters’s station. Ham’s squatting map of 1849 indicates Peters had two stations, one to the east and one to the west of the junction of the Murrumbidgee with Yanco Creek (Yanko Yanko Ck).

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Sources

  • LINES (1839, October 16). The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835–1840), p. 3. ; Ham, Thomas. (1849). A map of Australia Felix Retrieved October 22, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231450539

Event mentions

  • Warriors kill Aboriginal worker
    9 Oct 1839 – 16 Oct 1839 — Mr Peters’s Station
    Wiradjuri warriors kill an Aboriginal person working at Mr Peters’s station. Ham’s squatting map of 1849 indicates Peters had two stations, one to the east and one to the west of the junction of the Murrumbidgee with Yanco Creek (Yanko Yanko Ck).
    Source: LINES (1839, October 16). The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835–1840), p. 3. ; Ham, Thomas. (1849). A map of Australia Felix Retrieved October 22, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231450539