Surveyor W.H. Cornish encounters Queenland Aboriginal people near Lake Eyre

Date: 1 Jan 1878
Place: North of Lake Eyre
While conducting survys north of Lake Eyre. W. H. Cornish discovers the body of the missing man Henry Graham. He subsequently has a series of tense encounters with Queensland Aboriginal people, but without incident.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Surveyor W.H. Cornish encounters Queenland Aboriginal people near Lake Eyre
    1 Jan 1878 — North of Lake Eyre
    While conducting survys north of Lake Eyre. W. H. Cornish discovers the body of the missing man Henry Graham. He subsequently has a series of tense encounters with Queensland Aboriginal people, but without incident.
    (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