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Killing at Sutton Grange

Placename: Sutton Grange Station at Mount Alexander
Layer: Aboriginal Raids on Colonists On The South Road
Type: Other

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Latitude: -36.9891
Longitude: 144.3588
Start Date: 1838-05-19
End Date: 1838-05-19

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"6. On the 19th May, Thomas Jones, a servant in the employ of Mr Bowman, was murdered by the blacks, about 60 miles from Port Phillip. On the preceding day a flock of sheep had been driven away from Mr Bowman's station, though all were afterwards recovered, with the exception of four." 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

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