Aboriginal man killed by shepherd in the Mount Arden district, early 1852

Date: 1 Jan 1852
Place: Mt Arden
An Aboriginal man was killed by a shepherd in the Mount Arden district. Protector Moorhouse investigated, but on arriving at the station, he learned the shepherd had left the district.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal man killed by shepherd in the Mount Arden district, early 1852
    1 Jan 1852 — Mt Arden
    An Aboriginal man was killed by a shepherd in the Mount Arden district. Protector Moorhouse investigated, but on arriving at the station, he learned the shepherd had left the district.
    (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