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Latitude
-38.1999
Longitude
144.5364
Start Date
1838-05-06
End Date
1838-05-06

Description

"5. On the 6th May the flocks of Dr Jonathan Clerke were attacked by a party of blacks, who had dogs with them, and 20 sheep were carried off." 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
t1c2b6

Extended Data

Location Source
It's unclear where Clerke's flocks were but he is typically associated with Geelong, and was Alderman for the Bellerine Ward. See https://www.latrobesociety.org.au/LaTrobeana/LaTrobeanaV17n3.pdf and https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/common/Public/Documents/8d97c1c5405a0b1-thematic7sep20218lr.pdf
Livestock
20
Size of Aboriginal War Party
?
Aboriginal Deaths
0
Colonist Deaths
0