Sheep taken in the Umberatana area, June 1869

Date: 1 Jun 1869
Place: Umberatana
Reports that 600 sheep were driven off Elder’s Umberatana run and that while police tried to track them, they failed because of the difficult terrain.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sheep taken in the Umberatana area, June 1869
    1 Jun 1869 — Umberatana
    Reports that 600 sheep were driven off Elder’s Umberatana run and that while police tried to track them, they failed because of the difficult terrain.
    (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