Spear poised at a shepherd and four sheep taken from Henry and Matthew Smith’s station, 12 May 1845

Date: 12 May 1845
Place: Poonindie, Port Lincoln district
On 12 May, a shepherd in charge of 800 lambing ewes was startled by the appearance of an unnamed man who poised his spear and beckoned him to retreat to the hut. The shepherd allegedly observed many other Aboriginal people among the trees. On returning to his flock, four sheep were missing. On 21 May another sheep of the same flock was observed with a spear in its side, but the person responsible was not identified.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Spear poised at a shepherd and four sheep taken from Henry and Matthew Smith’s station, 12 May 1845
    12 May 1845 — Poonindie, Port Lincoln district
    On 12 May, a shepherd in charge of 800 lambing ewes was startled by the appearance of an unnamed man who poised his spear and beckoned him to retreat to the hut. The shepherd allegedly observed many other Aboriginal people among the trees. On returning to his flock, four sheep were missing. On 21 May another sheep of the same flock was observed with a spear in its side, but the person responsible was not identified.
    (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