A "Distant Field of Murder": Western District Frontiers, 1834-1848.

Barry Morton Gough · Jan Critchett

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shout was given that black fellows were coming the savage tribes are . . . intermingled with us that's my country belonging to me when white people come water goes away yet it is singular so few are met every gentleman's establishment . . . has been molested by natives more than thirty are said to have been thus laid low it's too bad to shoot unfortunates like dogs the Governor would give them plenty flour, tea, sugar and Bulgarrer making them feel that they shall not murder and plunder with impunity if ever anything is done with natives, it will be by their good example instances violent collision . . . are now rarely heard of

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