Three attacks force squatter to abandon run

Date: 25 Jul 1840
Place: Mount Buller
Event type: attack; threat
Direct violence: No
Aboriginal people made three separate attacks on the author of the news article. This is anonymous but comparing with Letters from Victorian Pioneers (Bride, 1898) was most likely Alfred Taddy Thomson.

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Sources

  • News of the Day. (1840, July 25). The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841), p. 2 (MORNING). Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32184120

Event mentions

  • Separate attacks on the writer
    25 Jul 1840 — Mount Buller — attack; threat
    Aboriginal people made three separate attacks on the writer, but nothing serious happened.
    People: The savages
    Source: News of the Day. (1840, July 25). The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841), p. 2 (MORNING). Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32184120