Hut Robbery on Kumberta station, May 1895

Date: 1 Jan 1895
Place: Kumberta station
Three Aboriginal men stole food from a hut on Kumberta station. When Archie Beviss found out he gave them each 40 lashes with a stockwhip. Police charged him with assault and he was fined
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Hut Robbery on Kumberta station, May 1895
    1 Jan 1895 — Kumberta station
    Three Aboriginal men stole food from a hut on Kumberta station. When Archie Beviss found out he gave them each 40 lashes with a stockwhip. Police charged him with assault and he was fined
    (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