Aboriginal meeting and ceremony of McKechnie’s run at Franklin station, September 1854

Date: 1 Sep 1854
Place: McKecknie’s Station near Franklin Harbour
Gathering of Aboriginal tribes from Port Lincoln and the ‘interior’ near Dr McKechnie’s station at Franklin Harbor for a ceremony. Claim that the latter tried to incite those there to kill Dr McKecknie.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Neentulta
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  • Aboriginal meeting and ceremony of McKechnie’s run at Franklin station, September 1854
    1 Sep 1854 — McKecknie’s Station near Franklin Harbour
    Gathering of Aboriginal tribes from Port Lincoln and the ‘interior’ near Dr McKechnie’s station at Franklin Harbor for a ceremony. Claim that the latter tried to incite those there to kill Dr McKecknie.
    (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