PT Henry Quincy-Smith encounters Pinya party on Cooper's Creek, December 1877

Date: 1 Dec 1877
Place: Neaylon's camp on Cooper's Creek
Police Trooper Henry Quincy-Smith was at Cooper's Creek searching for the body of Henry Graham when a number of Aboriginal people came into their camp fleeing a Pinya party. Quincy-Smith, with the assistance of three other Europeans, dispersed the Pinya party. Discovered that Aboriginal had been killed three miles from their camp by the Pinya party which numbered 100 to 150 people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • PT Henry Quincy-Smith encounters Pinya party on Cooper's Creek, December 1877
    1 Dec 1877 — Neaylon's camp on Cooper's Creek
    Police Trooper Henry Quincy-Smith was at Cooper's Creek searching for the body of Henry Graham when a number of Aboriginal people came into their camp fleeing a Pinya party. Quincy-Smith, with the assistance of three other Europeans, dispersed the Pinya party. Discovered that Aboriginal had been killed three miles from their camp by the Pinya party which numbered 100 to 150 people.
    (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