Francis McCarrick

Events

  • Attack on Snodgrass station at Muddy Creek
    17 Mar 1840 — Muddy Creek — attack; robbery
    Aboriginal people came to Mr. P. Snodgrass's station on Muddy Creek, pushed the men into a hut, pointed guns at them, and took flour and mutton.
    Sources
    • QUARTER SESSIONS. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 7 January 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226510885

Mentions of person in sources

  • Francis McCarrick
    17 Mar 1840
    “Francis McCarrick stated that on the 17th March last, a party of Aborigines came to his hut, many of them armed with guns and pistols.”
    Source: QUARTER SESSIONS. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 7 January 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226510885