Sturt’s Expedition to the Mouth of the Murray, 22 January 1830

Date: 22 Jan 1830
Place: Murray River, not far east of the Darling junction
While sailing down the Murray, a large number of Aboriginal people gathered on the banks and on a sand bar in front of them waving spears. Sturt and his men were prepared to fire but were saved doing so by another Aboriginal group who intervened and calmed the aggressors.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Sturt’s Expedition to the Mouth of the Murray, 22 January 1830
    22 Jan 1830 — Murray River, not far east of the Darling junction
    While sailing down the Murray, a large number of Aboriginal people gathered on the banks and on a sand bar in front of them waving spears. Sturt and his men were prepared to fire but were saved doing so by another Aboriginal group who intervened and calmed the aggressors.
    (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