O’Halloran and Moorhouse Expedition to the River Murray, 31 May – 22 June 1841

Date: 1 Jan 1841
Place: Adelaide to the vicinity of the Rufus River
Expedition led by Police Commissioner O’Halloran and Protector Moorhouse, and including 24 Mounted Police, 18 Mounted Special Constables, 8 Special Constables on foot, and another dozen support staff travel from Adelaide on 31 May to Rufus River to recover stock recently lost and support incoming overland parties. By 22 June they were approaching the Rufus River area.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • O’Halloran and Moorhouse Expedition to the River Murray, 31 May – 22 June 1841
    1 Jan 1841 — Adelaide to the vicinity of the Rufus River
    Expedition led by Police Commissioner O’Halloran and Protector Moorhouse, and including 24 Mounted Police, 18 Mounted Special Constables, 8 Special Constables on foot, and another dozen support staff travel from Adelaide on 31 May to Rufus River to recover stock recently lost and support incoming overland parties. By 22 June they were approaching the Rufus River area.
    (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