Sheep speared and a spear thrown at Mr Peter’s shepherd (Burns), 16 September 1846

Date: 16 Sep 1846
Place: One mile from Mr Peter’s Station, Port Lincoln district
A man named Burns noticed a spear in the side of one of a flock of sheep he was shepherding for Mr Peter. He subsequently saw four or five Aboriginal men, one of whom threw a spear at him.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sheep speared and a spear thrown at Mr Peter’s shepherd (Burns), 16 September 1846
    16 Sep 1846 — One mile from Mr Peter’s Station, Port Lincoln district
    A man named Burns noticed a spear in the side of one of a flock of sheep he was shepherding for Mr Peter. He subsequently saw four or five Aboriginal men, one of whom threw a spear at him.
    (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