Corporal Robins kills alleged sheep stealer, 1 August 1847
Corporal Robins, PC Hall and three ‘Gentlemen settlers’, went in search of stolen sheep and came upon a camp of Aboriginal people. Seeing the Europeans, they allegedly threw a spear which almost struck Ferguson. The spear thrower was pursued and in a struggle with Corporal Robins the Aboriginal man suffered sword wounds from which he died.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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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
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Corporal Robins kills alleged sheep stealer, 1 August 18471 Aug 1847 — Near Sanders Station, County of RobeCorporal Robins, PC Hall and three ‘Gentlemen settlers’, went in search of stolen sheep and came upon a camp of Aboriginal people. Seeing the Europeans, they allegedly threw a spear which almost struck Ferguson. The spear thrower was pursued and in a struggle with Corporal Robins the Aboriginal man suffered sword wounds from which he died.
(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