O’Halloran’s Police expedition to the River Murray, 22 April – 5 May 1841

Date: 5 May 1841
Place: Anlaby station to the ‘Dead Man’s Flat’
O’Halloran led a Police Expedition which included thirteen Mounted Police to recover sheep stolen when Inman and Field’s overland party was attacked. The expedition reached the vicinity of ‘Dead Man’s Flat’ but were recalled by the newly arrived Governor Grey before they reached the ‘Hornet’s Nest’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • O’Halloran’s Police expedition to the River Murray, 22 April – 5 May 1841
    5 May 1841 — Anlaby station to the ‘Dead Man’s Flat’
    O’Halloran led a Police Expedition which included thirteen Mounted Police to recover sheep stolen when Inman and Field’s overland party was attacked. The expedition reached the vicinity of ‘Dead Man’s Flat’ but were recalled by the newly arrived Governor Grey before they reached the ‘Hornet’s Nest’.
    (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