Attack on Inman and Field’s Overlanding Party at the ‘Hornet’s Nest’, 16 April 1841

Date: 16 Apr 1841
Place: ‘Hornet’s Nest’
Inman and Field’s overlanding party, 40 miles east of Lake Bonney, was confronted by a party of three to four hundred Aboriginal people. In the clash on attacker was observed ‘to fall’, but quickly encircled, and a number of men speared, they retreated and after a week’s travel made their way back to Hallett’s station in the mid-north.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Attack on Inman and Field’s Overlanding Party at the ‘Hornet’s Nest’, 16 April 1841
    16 Apr 1841 — ‘Hornet’s Nest’
    Inman and Field’s overlanding party, 40 miles east of Lake Bonney, was confronted by a party of three to four hundred Aboriginal people. In the clash on attacker was observed ‘to fall’, but quickly encircled, and a number of men speared, they retreated and after a week’s travel made their way back to Hallett’s station in the mid-north.
    (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