Sheep theft on Leake's Woolshed Station and a subsequent clash with police, 24 April 1846

Date: 24 Apr 1846
Place: 9 miles from Leake’s station at the Woolshed
Hut robbed and sheep stolen from Leake’s Woolshed station. Leake, assisted by E. Sturt and Corporal McCulloch tracked them through the scrub until they came upon about 60, their legs ‘broken and otherwise mutilated’. Further on they came upon about 30 Aboriginal people who fled as they approached their camp. McCulloch claims a ‘few shots were fired without visible effect’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sheep theft on Leake's Woolshed Station and a subsequent clash with police, 24 April 1846
    24 Apr 1846 — 9 miles from Leake’s station at the Woolshed
    Hut robbed and sheep stolen from Leake’s Woolshed station. Leake, assisted by E. Sturt and Corporal McCulloch tracked them through the scrub until they came upon about 60, their legs ‘broken and otherwise mutilated’. Further on they came upon about 30 Aboriginal people who fled as they approached their camp. McCulloch claims a ‘few shots were fired without visible effect’.
    (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