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Latitude
-37.5735
Longitude
144.7404
Start Date
1838-04-15
End Date
1838-04-15

Description

"2. On the 15th April the cattle station of Mr Samuel Jackson, near Port Phillip, was attacked by about 50 blacks, some of whom had firearms; about 50 sheep were carried away, though some of them were afterwards recovered." pp356-357 Gipps, Sir George 'Aboriginal attacks summarised: Enclosure in dispatch from Sir George Gipps to Lord Glenelg, 21 July 1838' in Cannon, Michael (ed.) Historical Records of Victoria Vol 2A The Aborigines of Port Phillip 1835-1839, Melbourne: Victorian Government Printing Office 1982

Sources

ID
t1c2b3

Extended Data

Location Source
Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jackson-samuel-2266
Livestock
50
Size of Aboriginal War Party
50
Aboriginal Deaths
0
Colonist Deaths
0