Cattle theft on Gifford's station near Mount Benson, May 1847
Cattle driven off Gifford’s Mount Benson station onto a small island near Lake Eliza where ‘a great many’ of them were killed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close
LocationAccuracy: Close
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Sources
- 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
Event mentions
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Cattle theft on Gifford's station near Mount Benson, May 18471 Jan 1847 — Lake Eliza, near Mount BensonCattle driven off Gifford’s Mount Benson station onto a small island near Lake Eliza where ‘a great many’ of them were killed.
(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