Hut robberies and sheep theft in Blanchewater area, January 1869

Date: 1 Jan 1869
Place: Blanchewater region
Reports of numerous hut robberies on Blanchewater station, and other stations in the district, as well as the robbing of a ration dray and sheep theft.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Billy Midnight
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Manooka Bidea alias Billy
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.

Sources

Event mentions

  • Hut robberies and sheep theft in Blanchewater area, January 1869
    1 Jan 1869 — Blanchewater region
    Reports of numerous hut robberies on Blanchewater station, and other stations in the district, as well as the robbing of a ration dray and sheep theft.
    (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