Aboriginal people reportedly ‘troublesome’ in the Gawler Ranges, March 1877

Date: 1 Mar 1877
Place: Yartoo station
Reports that Aboriginal people were robbing huts and stations in the Gawler Ranges, and requesting a police presence.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal people reportedly ‘troublesome’ in the Gawler Ranges, March 1877
    1 Mar 1877 — Yartoo station
    Reports that Aboriginal people were robbing huts and stations in the Gawler Ranges, and requesting a police presence.
    (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