Rowland Shelley

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  • Rowland Shelley
    5 Aug 1833
    “Last week rather a strong party attacked one of Mr. Shelley's stock stations, but were repulsed with great courage ; and we regret to say, that during the hottest of the conflict, while the combatants were at close quarters, Mr. Rowland Shelley met with a serious accident.”
    Source: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1833, August 5). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12847404
  • Shelley
    5 Aug 1833
    “Last week rather a strong party attacked one of Mr. Shelley's stock stations, but were repulsed with great courage ; and we regret to say, that during the hottest of the conflict, while the combatants were at close quarters, Mr. Rowland Shelley met with a serious accident.”
    Source: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1833, August 5). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12847404
  • Shelley
    5 Aug 1833
    “The balls passed through the body of the Black, and levelled him to the ground ; but, unfortunately, one of them also struck Mr. Shelley, and passed through the fleshy part of his thigh.”
    Source: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1833, August 5). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12847404
  • Shelly
    7 Aug 1833
    “Mr Shelly has received a gun-shot wound in the thigh from one of his own men, whose last resort to save the life of his master was, to fire at a huge black who was struggling with him.”
    Source: Domestic Intelligence. (1833, August 7). The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838), p. 3 (AFTERNOON). Retrieved May 11, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32144292
  • Shelly
    31 Aug 1839
    “We that night proceeded as far as Maringo, when Mr Shelly kindly gave us up a strong stone store to put them in; after tying them with straps, &c., having no hand-cuffs, Mr Ryan and I went to bed in Mr Shelly's house, leaving them in charge of the chief constable, Caughlin, Hoolahan and White, all well armed; they, indeed, gave them blankets, &c. to cover them, and having themselves laid down the blacks took advantage of it, unloosed their hands, and laying hold of spades and other tools that were in the store rushed the men.”
    Source: Vox Popuil—Vox Dei. (1839, August 31). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36863077