Musket taken from Newenham, February 1841

Date: 1 Feb 1841
Place: Newenham’s Station, Port Lincoln district
Aboriginal people took a musket from Mr Newenham. Newenham did not let them approach his station when they returned a few days later. They subsequently brought the musket back.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Musket taken from Newenham, February 1841
    1 Feb 1841 — Newenham’s Station, Port Lincoln district
    Aboriginal people took a musket from Mr Newenham. Newenham did not let them approach his station when they returned a few days later. They subsequently brought the musket back.
    (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