Cattle killing and police pursuit on Baker's station near Mount Serle, 15 October 1857

Date: 15 Oct 1857
Place: Mount Serle
Police Troopers Coward and Hack, together with three men from Baker’s station at Mt Serle, started out on the morning of 15 October in pursuit of alleged cattle killers. They tracked them to a gorge where Coward claims he called upon them to stand but they made up the rocks. Coward fired and the shot reportedly hit one of the Aboriginal men. No one was apprehended.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Cattle killing and police pursuit on Baker's station near Mount Serle, 15 October 1857
    15 Oct 1857 — Mount Serle
    Police Troopers Coward and Hack, together with three men from Baker’s station at Mt Serle, started out on the morning of 15 October in pursuit of alleged cattle killers. They tracked them to a gorge where Coward claims he called upon them to stand but they made up the rocks. Coward fired and the shot reportedly hit one of the Aboriginal men. No one was apprehended.
    (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