Edward Arthur raids Aboriginal camp on his Mt Schank Station, 1844

Date: 1 Jan 1844
Place: Mount Schank area
Edward Arthur uses a captured Aboriginal man to lead them to his camp. In the company of three other men they fire on the people in the camp and it was later reported that eight Aboriginal people were killed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Edward Arthur raids Aboriginal camp on his Mt Schank Station, 1844
    1 Jan 1844 — Mount Schank area
    Edward Arthur uses a captured Aboriginal man to lead them to his camp. In the company of three other men they fire on the people in the camp and it was later reported that eight Aboriginal people 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