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Raid at Pentland Hills

Placename
Bachus Marsh or Pentland Hills
Layer
Aboriginal Raids on Colonists On The South Road
Type
Other
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Details

Latitude
-37.665
Longitude
144.4096
Start Date
1838-04-22
End Date
1838-05-06

Description

"4. On or about the same day a flock of 520 sheep, belonging to Mr Kenneth Clarke, was driven away from his station to a distance of seven or eight miles by the blacks. All were, however, recovered, with the exception of 43." 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
t1c2b5

Extended Data

DateNote
estimate
Location Source
Either Bachus Marsh -37.6754, 144.4353 or Pentland Hills -37.6644, 144.3866 so perhaps on the border twixt these two neighbouring areas -37.6650, 144.4096 "On the 29th November [1836] Mr. Clarke started with the sheep for where Bacchus Marsh now is, where he remained until the beginning of 1838, when he decided to occupy and reside at the locality called by him, and since known as, the Pentland Hills, where he had already formed out-stations. Mount Blackwood, at that time, was called Clarke's Big Hill. Mr. Clarke gave up the country about the Marsh to Captain Bacchus and son, who had brought sheep from Tasmania, and were then encamped at the Parete Creek." Early History Of The Colony Of Victoria https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1301991h.html
Livestock
520, all but 43 recovered
Size of Aboriginal War Party
?
Aboriginal Deaths
0
Colonist Deaths
0