Coghill's Station

Date: 26 Aug 1846 – 1 Dec 1846

Location of Mr Coghill's station, Lower Murray according to Ham's Squatting map (1849). Mr Coghill's station was a reference point for events in the area, and for overlanding between Sydney and Adelaide. It was a focal point in events related to the killing of Mr Beveridge, followed by the killing of a stockman at Mr Coghill's, and arrests and counter attacks around Coghill's and Beveridge's station. Some other references associate 'Coghill' with Berrima and Braidwood which are near Sydney, and with Mount Barker near Adelaide, but the events related to the killing of Mr Braidwood are all reported as in the 'Lower Murray', so the location is certainly the one recorded on Ham's Squatting map near the junction of the Murrumbidgee, Logan and Murray. One of the men killed in the affrays was known to colonists as 'Dick the Needle' reportedly a chief of the Murrumbidgee.

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  • Coghill's Station
    26 Aug 1846 – 1 Dec 1846

    Location of Mr Coghill's station, Lower Murray according to Ham's Squatting map (1849). Mr Coghill's station was a reference point for events in the area, and for overlanding between Sydney and Adelaide. It was a focal point in events related to the killing of Mr Beveridge, followed by the killing of a stockman at Mr Coghill's, and arrests and counter attacks around Coghill's and Beveridge's station. Some other references associate 'Coghill' with Berrima and Braidwood which are near Sydney, and with Mount Barker near Adelaide, but the events related to the killing of Mr Braidwood are all reported as in the 'Lower Murray', so the location is certainly the one recorded on Ham's Squatting map near the junction of the Murrumbidgee, Logan and Murray. One of the men killed in the affrays was known to colonists as 'Dick the Needle' reportedly a chief of the Murrumbidgee.

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    Ham, Thomas. (1849). A map of Australia Felix Retrieved October 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231450539

    MELBOURNE. (1846, September 2). Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate (Vic. : 1845 - 1847), p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94444530

    Local Intelligence. (1846, September 3). The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic. : 1845 - 1848), p. 2. Retrieved October 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226351156

    Port Phillip. (1846, September 12). The Citizen (Sydney, NSW : 1846 - 1847), p. 4. Retrieved October 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252637417

    CAPTURE OF THE MURDERERS OF MR. BEVERIDGE. (1846, November 26). The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic. : 1845 - 1848), p. 4. Retrieved June 9, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226350807

    Local Intelligence. (1846, December 1). The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic. : 1845 - 1848), p. 2. Retrieved October 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226351014

    DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1846, December 9). Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal (Vic. : 1845 - 1850), p. 4. Retrieved October 3, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223154201

    PORT PHILLIP. (1847, February 6). The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859), p. 3. Retrieved June 10, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2972734