Aboriginal people surround the station at which Brown was murdered and rifle the hut, 27 February 1843

Date: 27 Feb 1843
Place: Brown’s station (Brown deceased), Port Lincoln
On 27 February 1843, a large number of Aboriginal people surrounded the station at which Brown was murdered the previous year. They shook their spears and made other signs of hostility, causing the shepherds and hutkeepers to flee. The Aboriginal people then entered the hut and rifled it.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal people surround the station at which Brown was murdered and rifle the hut, 27 February 1843
    27 Feb 1843 — Brown’s station (Brown deceased), Port Lincoln
    On 27 February 1843, a large number of Aboriginal people surrounded the station at which Brown was murdered the previous year. They shook their spears and made other signs of hostility, causing the shepherds and hutkeepers to flee. The Aboriginal people then entered the hut and rifled it.
    (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