Hut Robberies and escaped prisoner at Fowler's Bay, 20 February 1870

Date: 20 Feb 1870
Place: Fowler’s Bay
PT Richards requests leniency for allowing a prisoner to escape. Noting that five shepherd's huts, all of which had been left unprotected, have been robbed in the last three months, and he only has a tracker to work with him.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Hut Robberies and escaped prisoner at Fowler's Bay, 20 February 1870
    20 Feb 1870 — Fowler’s Bay
    PT Richards requests leniency for allowing a prisoner to escape. Noting that five shepherd's huts, all of which had been left unprotected, have been robbed in the last three months, and he only has a tracker to work with 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