Wiradjuri people rescue colonists from floods.

Date: 30 Nov 1844
Place: Gundagai
Commissioner of Crown Lands Mr. Bingham reported that Aboriginal people along the Tumut and Murrumbidgee Rivers saved many colonists during recent floods and suggested they be recognised and rewarded.

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  • SYDNEY NEWS. (1844, November 30). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843–1893), p. 4.

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  • Wiradjuri people rescue colonists from floods.
    30 Nov 1844 — Gundagai
    Commissioner of Crown Lands Mr. Bingham reported that Aboriginal people along the Tumut and Murrumbidgee Rivers saved many colonists during recent floods and suggested they be recognised and rewarded.
    Source: SYDNEY NEWS. (1844, November 30). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843–1893), p. 4.