Cattle killing on Jacob’s station, April 1859

Date: 1 Apr 1859
Place: North of Mt Serle on Eastern Plains
Jacob's overseer, Ball, reportedly had been providing food to Aboriginal people on the station, but when they were caught cattle killing he reportedly drove them off the run.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Cattle killing on Jacob’s station, April 1859
    1 Apr 1859 — North of Mt Serle on Eastern Plains
    Jacob's overseer, Ball, reportedly had been providing food to Aboriginal people on the station, but when they were caught cattle killing he reportedly drove them off the run.
    (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