Robert Leake’s shepherd and flock attacked, 30 May 1844

Date: 30 May 1844
Place: Leake’s Rivoli Bay station
Robert Leake reports hearing a shepherd shout for assistance, and that he was being pursued by 60 to 80 Aboriginal men throwing spears. Claims that 15 sheep were speared and 9 driven off, that his men were unarmed and that the attackers ‘retreated with their spoils’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Robert Leake’s shepherd and flock attacked, 30 May 1844
    30 May 1844 — Leake’s Rivoli Bay station
    Robert Leake reports hearing a shepherd shout for assistance, and that he was being pursued by 60 to 80 Aboriginal men throwing spears. Claims that 15 sheep were speared and 9 driven off, that his men were unarmed and that the attackers ‘retreated with their spoils’.
    (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