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Raids on Bowman's station

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

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Latitude: -36.988
Longitude: 144.359
Start Date: 1838-04-25
End Date: 1838-04-14

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"William Bowman being sworn states,... I have been there about five weeks and during that time the black natives have committed several depredations upon my people. About a week after my arrival they threw a spear at one of my shepherds and struck the cap off his head... I... found the natives at my place, who ran off as soon as they saw me. They had taken my mens bedding away... They [Bowman's men] were so much alarmed on this occasion that I could hardly get them to go out to the station again. I cannot say that I should know of any of the blacks except one who on one occassion attempted to stop one of the shepherds, but was prevented by another shepherd at a distance calling out." p335 Aboriginal attacks on Bowman's station 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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