Aboriginal man shot while stealing a lamb from Mr Thomas' station in the Far North, 6 June 1857

Date: 6 Jun 1857
Place: Mr Thomas' station
On the night of 6 June Mr James Thomas's suspicion was aroused and he went out with his rifle to investigate - saw an Aboriginal man carrying away a calf on his shoulders. He fired at the man, who dropped the calf and ran off. A trail of blood indicated that the shot hit its mark, but he did not known whether or not it was fatal.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal man shot while stealing a lamb from Mr Thomas' station in the Far North, 6 June 1857
    6 Jun 1857 — Mr Thomas' station
    On the night of 6 June Mr James Thomas's suspicion was aroused and he went out with his rifle to investigate - saw an Aboriginal man carrying away a calf on his shoulders. He fired at the man, who dropped the calf and ran off. A trail of blood indicated that the shot hit its mark, but he did not known whether or not it was fatal.
    (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