Messrs. Walton

Events

  • Murder of two station men on the Hume River
    7 May 1840 – 7 Nov 1840 — Hume River — killing
    Aboriginal people murdered two men in the employ of Messrs. Walton at a station on the Hume River.
    Sources
    • Domestic Intelligence. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Saturday 7 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225007839

Mentions of person in sources

  • Messrs. Walton
    7 May 1840
    “ABORIGINES.—An account has reached Sydney of the murders of two men in the employ of Messrs. Walton at a station on the Hume River, by the natives.”
    Source: Domestic Intelligence. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Saturday 7 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225007839