Affray on Mundowdna station in which two Aboriginal people were shot and killed, 11 September 1868

Date: 11 Sep 1868
Place: Mundowdna
On 11 September Debney and Woodford were involved in a fight with Aboriginal people in a camp on their station. Woodford, when surrounded, used his revolver and fired three shots. Two people were killed. A later report in October notes that the station burnt down. Some believed that Aboriginal people had set the fire, but others regarded it as accidental.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Affray on Mundowdna station in which two Aboriginal people were shot and killed, 11 September 1868
    11 Sep 1868 — Mundowdna
    On 11 September Debney and Woodford were involved in a fight with Aboriginal people in a camp on their station. Woodford, when surrounded, used his revolver and fired three shots. Two people were killed. A later report in October notes that the station burnt down. Some believed that Aboriginal people had set the fire, but others regarded it as accidental.
    (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