Items taken from Mr Bishops hut, two sheep speared and one sheep carried off, 27 February 1844

Date: 27 Feb 1844
Place: Emu Bottom, Port Lincoln district
On 27 February a group of Aboriginal people took goods from Mr Bishop’s hut at Emu Bottom. They rushed his flock, speared two sheep, and carried one of the sheep away.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Items taken from Mr Bishops hut, two sheep speared and one sheep carried off, 27 February 1844
    27 Feb 1844 — Emu Bottom, Port Lincoln district
    On 27 February a group of Aboriginal people took goods from Mr Bishop’s hut at Emu Bottom. They rushed his flock, speared two sheep, and carried one of the sheep away.
    (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