Shepherd assaulted on McConville’s station near Mount Scott, December 1866

Date: 1 Dec 1866
Place: Mount Scott (Myrtle Springs)
McConville reports that 1800 sheep were driven off his run and that a shepherd was attacked and so severely 'maltreated him that he is not expected to live'.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Shepherd assaulted on McConville’s station near Mount Scott, December 1866
    1 Dec 1866 — Mount Scott (Myrtle Springs)
    McConville reports that 1800 sheep were driven off his run and that a shepherd was attacked and so severely 'maltreated him that he is not expected to live'.
    (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