A bag of wheat taken from Samuel Smith’s hut, 4 April 1844

Date: 4 Apr 1844
Place: Towallo [Towalla], Port Lincoln district
A group of Aboriginal people took wheat from Samuel Smith’s hut at Towallo. They were prevented from committing further depredations by the arrival of Smith and other Europeans.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • A bag of wheat taken from Samuel Smith’s hut, 4 April 1844
    4 Apr 1844 — Towallo [Towalla], Port Lincoln district
    A group of Aboriginal people took wheat from Samuel Smith’s hut at Towallo. They were prevented from committing further depredations by the arrival of Smith and other Europeans.
    (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