Buchanan’s party fired on an Aboriginal group, killing one person, 7 December 1839
Buchanan describes seeing many Aboriginal people on the opposite bank of the river and reportedly fired on them killing one person.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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Sources
- 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
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Buchanan’s party fired on an Aboriginal group, killing one person, 7 December 18397 Dec 1839 — 9 miles west of Dead Man’s FlatBuchanan describes seeing many Aboriginal people on the opposite bank of the river and reportedly fired on them killing one person.
(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