Aboriginal women raped and man shot on Leake’s run, April 1845
Report that 30 station workers on Leake’s Woolshed run raped two Aboriginal women and shot an Aboriginal man.
(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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Aboriginal women raped and man shot on Leake’s run, April 18451 Apr 1844 — Leake's Woolshed stationReport that 30 station workers on Leake’s Woolshed run raped two Aboriginal women and shot an Aboriginal man.
(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