Sheep killing on Wirraminna station, March 1887

Date: 1 Mar 1887
Place: Wirraminna station
Aboriginal people from the north-west were reportedly coming south and had stolen and killed sheep on Wirraminna station, before returning north.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sheep killing on Wirraminna station, March 1887
    1 Mar 1887 — Wirraminna station
    Aboriginal people from the north-west were reportedly coming south and had stolen and killed sheep on Wirraminna station, before returning north.
    (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