Aboriginal people set fire to the hut at Mortlock’s head station while two men were inside, 16 June 1848

Date: 16 Jun 1848
Place: Mortlock’s Station
Shortly the confrontations between Mortlock’s overseer Smith, hutkeeper Bridges and shepherd Goldsmith, Aboriginal people surprised the head station and set fire to the hut while the three men were inside. The fire was extinguished and, despite the Europeans being unable to fire on the group due to a lack of ammunition, the Aborignal group departed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal people set fire to the hut at Mortlock’s head station while two men were inside, 16 June 1848
    16 Jun 1848 — Mortlock’s Station
    Shortly the confrontations between Mortlock’s overseer Smith, hutkeeper Bridges and shepherd Goldsmith, Aboriginal people surprised the head station and set fire to the hut while the three men were inside. The fire was extinguished and, despite the Europeans being unable to fire on the group due to a lack of ammunition, the Aborignal group departed.
    (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