Raid on hut
stockman Henry Alsop was armed but alone in a hut when, according to Wylde’s overseer Andrew Dunn, a group of Wiradyjuri approached. They suddenly attacked Alsop, who was ‘cut in a most shocking manner’. Then, ‘one of the natives got the loaded Gun, which was discharged’. Soon after, ‘two other Stockmen Booth and Butcher’ arrived at the hut and ‘a general severe affray took place amongst them, during which one of the blacks was shot dead on the spot’.
According to Dunn, ‘Some of the blacks, while others were engaged with the Stockmen, plundered the Hut of everything’ before they left.
According to Dunn, ‘Some of the blacks, while others were engaged with the Stockmen, plundered the Hut of everything’ before they left.
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Sources
- ‘Re: inquest into death of Peter Bray’, SRNSW, NRS 897, 4/1798, 6065, pp. 312–13
Event mentions
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Raid on hut20 Jul 1823 — Wylde’s ‘further Station’ at Kings Plainsstockman Henry Alsop was armed but alone in a hut when, according to Wylde’s overseer Andrew Dunn, a group of Wiradyjuri approached. They suddenly attacked Alsop, who was ‘cut in a most shocking manner’. Then, ‘one of the natives got the loaded Gun, which was discharged’. Soon after, ‘two other Stockmen Booth and Butcher’ arrived at the hut and ‘a general severe affray took place amongst them, during which one of the blacks was shot dead on the spot’.
According to Dunn, ‘Some of the blacks, while others were engaged with the Stockmen, plundered the Hut of everything’ before they left.Source: ‘Re: inquest into death of Peter Bray’, SRNSW, NRS 897, 4/1798, 6065, pp. 312–13