Governor Grey's expedition to the South East, 8-9 May 1844

Date: 8 May 1844
Place: Mount Schank
Governor Grey toured the South Eastern districts of the colony. On 8 May, Thomas Burr, the Deputy-Surveyor General who accompanied him, records an encounter in which a woman is given damper which she placed in her mouth but refuses to swallow. On the following day Aboriginal men to join them in the camp, and the next morning it was discovered they had fled having stolen numerous items from the camp.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Governor Grey's expedition to the South East, 8-9 May 1844
    8 May 1844 — Mount Schank
    Governor Grey toured the South Eastern districts of the colony. On 8 May, Thomas Burr, the Deputy-Surveyor General who accompanied him, records an encounter in which a woman is given damper which she placed in her mouth but refuses to swallow. On the following day Aboriginal men to join them in the camp, and the next morning it was discovered they had fled having stolen numerous items from the camp.
    (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