Theft on Coondambo station, August 1884

Date: 1 Aug 1884
Place: Coondambo station
Reports that Aboriginal people North-West of Lake Gairdner were starving and forced by starvation to steal property or sheep from Coondambo station
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Theft on Coondambo station, August 1884
    1 Aug 1884 — Coondambo station
    Reports that Aboriginal people North-West of Lake Gairdner were starving and forced by starvation to steal property or sheep from Coondambo station
    (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