Sheep theft, Craig’s station in the north, late 1851

Date: 1 Jan 1851
Place: Mr Craig’s station in ‘the extreme north’
Aboriginal people in the ‘extreme north’ took 500 of Craig’s sheep, of which they killed and ate 50 sheep.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sheep theft, Craig’s station in the north, late 1851
    1 Jan 1851 — Mr Craig’s station in ‘the extreme north’
    Aboriginal people in the ‘extreme north’ took 500 of Craig’s sheep, of which they killed and ate 50 sheep.
    (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