One hundred and seventy sheep reported to have been taken from Mr Brown’s station near Mount Arden, first quarter of 1851

Date: 1 Jan 1851
Place: Mt Arden district
Reporting on the first quarter of 1851, Protector Moorhouse stated that the Mount Arden locality had been ‘recently occupied’ and 170 of Mr Brown’s sheep had reportedly been taken by ‘the natives’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • One hundred and seventy sheep reported to have been taken from Mr Brown’s station near Mount Arden, first quarter of 1851
    1 Jan 1851 — Mt Arden district
    Reporting on the first quarter of 1851, Protector Moorhouse stated that the Mount Arden locality had been ‘recently occupied’ and 170 of Mr Brown’s sheep had reportedly been taken by ‘the natives’.
    (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