Reported abduction of Aboriginal women and two men from the Port Lincoln area and subsequent shooting of the two men, c. 1834

Date: 1 Jan 1834
Place: Port Lincoln area
Reported abduction of five Aboriginal women and men from Port Lincoln area by European sealers. Claimed that they took them to a nearby Island where they killed the two men.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Reported abduction of Aboriginal women and two men from the Port Lincoln area and subsequent shooting of the two men, c. 1834
    1 Jan 1834 — Port Lincoln area
    Reported abduction of five Aboriginal women and men from Port Lincoln area by European sealers. Claimed that they took them to a nearby Island where they killed the two men.
    (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