Killing of James Brown near Mount Brown, 19 September 1852

Date: 19 Sep 1852
Place: 6 miles from the Mt Arden Range
On Sunday, 19 September, 16-year-old James Brown went out with a large flock of sheep. He was unarmed. When James did not return with the sheep that evening, a search commenced. His brother, John Brown, and a shepherd, John McCrorey, found his naked and mutilated body on the morning of 20 September.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Killing of James Brown near Mount Brown, 19 September 1852
    19 Sep 1852 — 6 miles from the Mt Arden Range
    On Sunday, 19 September, 16-year-old James Brown went out with a large flock of sheep. He was unarmed. When James did not return with the sheep that evening, a search commenced. His brother, John Brown, and a shepherd, John McCrorey, found his naked and mutilated body on the morning of 20 September.
    (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