Mr Huon

Events

  • 19 Sep 1840 — Mr E. Huon's station — attempted arrest; escape
    Five warriors, said to be the same as at the raid on Mackay's station visited Mr Huon's station. Mr Huon attempted to capture them but they escaped by using the rivers and lagoons.
    Sources
    • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265
  • 26 Sep 1840 — Hume River crossing place — pursuit
    Huon went to the Hume crossing to obtain two Aboriginal trackers.
    Sources
    • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265
  • 26 Sep 1840 — Huon's station — pursuit
    Mr Bingham, two policemen, Mr Huon, the correspondent, and volunteers pursued the Aboriginal raiders for four days from the Hume River crossing place towards the Ovens River and lost their track.
    Sources
    • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265
  • 26 Sep 1840 — Wodonga — pursuit
    Mr Bingham, two policemen, Mr Huon, the correspondent, and volunteers pursued the Aboriginal raiders for four days from the Hume River crossing place towards the Ovens River and lost their track.
    Sources
    • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265
  • 26 Sep 1840 — Ovens River — pursuit
    Mr Bingham, two policemen, Mr Huon, the correspondent, and volunteers pursued the Aboriginal raiders for four days from the Hume River crossing place towards the Ovens River and lost their track.
    Sources
    • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265

Mentions of person in sources

  • Mr Huon
    19 Sep 1840
    “On receiving this intelligence the Commissioner and I remained there that night, with the intention of pursuing them the next day, but, about one o'clock in the morning those five black ruffians visited the station again and most brutally beat and left almost lifeless a poor old black man named 'Charley,' who was with his gins at camp, quite close to Mr. E. Huon's house where we were sleeping.”
    Source: NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265
  • Mr Huon
    26 Sep 1840
    “next morning very early Mr Bingham the Commissioner, with his two policemen together with Mr Huon, myself, and a few other volunteers started in pursuit of them.”
    Source: NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. (From various Correspondents.) HUME RIVER. (1840, October 30). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866265