Hut Robberies in the Fowler’s Bay and Steaky Bay district, April 1898

Date: 1 Jan 1898
Place: Fowlers Bay and Streaky Bay area
Sub-Protector at Port Augusta reports that about 300 Aboriginal people from the north had come into the district in a starving condition because of the drought.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Hut Robberies in the Fowler’s Bay and Steaky Bay district, April 1898
    1 Jan 1898 — Fowlers Bay and Streaky Bay area
    Sub-Protector at Port Augusta reports that about 300 Aboriginal people from the north had come into the district in a starving condition because of the drought.
    (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