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Latitude
-36.3486
Longitude
144.7981
Start Date
1838-05-22
End Date
1838-07-21

Description

"June 9. Seven or eight blacks killed in defending a flock of sheep which they had carried away from the station of Mr Yaldwyn, about 80 miles from Port Phillip. On this occasion the blacks are said to have defended themselves with great bravery." 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 See also, Colonial Frontier Massacres https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/detail.php?r=520

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ID
t1c2d4

Extended Data

DateNote
estimate
Location Source
Campaspe region. Location of station unclear. http://mahistory.org.au/images/Website/pdf/earlyyears/firstcommittee_yaldwyn.pdf
Livestock
a flock
Size of Aboriginal War Party
8
Aboriginal Deaths
7
Colonist Deaths
0