Crawford’s overlanding party drives off a group of Aboriginal people, 21 March 1839

Date: 21 Mar 1839
Place: Approaching the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers.
Crawford’s men threatened by Aboriginal people at their dray. A short time later the overseer for MacLeod and McPherson’s party rode up saying they were being surrounded. Crawford and his men rode off to assist.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Crawford’s overlanding party drives off a group of Aboriginal people, 21 March 1839
    21 Mar 1839 — Approaching the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers.
    Crawford’s men threatened by Aboriginal people at their dray. A short time later the overseer for MacLeod and McPherson’s party rode up saying they were being surrounded. Crawford and his men rode off to assist.
    (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