Lieutenant Kessop’s overland party attacked on River Murray, February 1840
Lieutenant Kessop’s overlanding party arrives in Adelaide, reporting a clash ‘on the Murray’ in which ’several’ Aboriginal people were ‘shot’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: District
LocationAccuracy: District
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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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Lieutenant Kessop’s overland party attacked on River Murray, February 18401 Feb 1840 — ‘the Murray’Lieutenant Kessop’s overlanding party arrives in Adelaide, reporting a clash ‘on the Murray’ in which ’several’ Aboriginal people were ‘shot’.
(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