Police Expeditions to the Lake Hope region, 1 August – 16 October 1863

Date: 1 Aug 1863
Place: Lake Hope region
Responding to recent reports of violence and threats in the Far Northern districts, Police Commissioner Warburton mounted a police expedition ‘to secure the safety of the lives and property of the settlers on the South Eastern and Eastern side of Lake Eyre. Three different parties patrolled the area in the period between early August and the middle of October. No reports of clashes or confrontations from any of their expeditionary parties.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Police Expeditions to the Lake Hope region, 1 August – 16 October 1863
    1 Aug 1863 — Lake Hope region
    Responding to recent reports of violence and threats in the Far Northern districts, Police Commissioner Warburton mounted a police expedition ‘to secure the safety of the lives and property of the settlers on the South Eastern and Eastern side of Lake Eyre. Three different parties patrolled the area in the period between early August and the middle of October. No reports of clashes or confrontations from any of their expeditionary parties.
    (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