Cattle Killing on Cowarie Station, Warburton River, May 1880

Date: 1 May 1880
Place: Cowarie, Warburton River area
W. J. Paull writes to the Commissioner of Police suggesting that the failure to capture or punish Graham's killers has emboldened the Aboriginal people of the district. Queensland Aboriginal people reportedly in the district after massacres on the Queensland side of the border.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Cattle Killing on Cowarie Station, Warburton River, May 1880
    1 May 1880 — Cowarie, Warburton River area
    W. J. Paull writes to the Commissioner of Police suggesting that the failure to capture or punish Graham's killers has emboldened the Aboriginal people of the district. Queensland Aboriginal people reportedly in the district after massacres on the Queensland side of the border.
    (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