The Shaw-Moorhouse meets with Robinson’s Overlanding party. Combined they number about 55 men. About 150 Aboriginal people start advancing toward them and both parties open fire and continue firing for about fifteen to twenty minutes.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

A new government expedition, under the authority of Sub-Inspector Shaw and Protector Moorhouse leaves Adelaide on 31 July to provide protection for Robinson and Levi’s party coming overland. On 27 August they reach a point 5 miles west of Rufus River.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

A few hours after the clash at the Rufus River, two shepherds raped one of the Aboriginal women who had been taken prisoner.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)