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standards, were fully armed and prepared for mobile operations at the frontiers of settlement. At the time there was no exact parallel for such a police force, either in
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two days earlier, on 20 June 1841, resulting in the deaths of five
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volunteers in a 68-man police expedition, led by O’Halloran, that returned to the attack site to recover the sheep and protect other overlanders then due, in particular the party of
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Elizabeth Emma Fooks (1790–1880), and was born at Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne (Brittany), France, on 27 March 1820, while her father was on half-pay from the British Royal Navy. Her father had previously been commander of the Revenue cutter HMS
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near the NSW-SA border, about 300–400 Aboriginals, enraged by earlier clashes with violent overlanders, attacked the weak party. The sheep and goods were plundered, while the drovers narrowly escaped with their lives.
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140:Notable work
119:Organization
82:North Scarle
70:(1895-11-18)
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1294:1895 deaths
1289:1816 births
1242:(2012-2015)
1236:(1997-2012)
1230:(1983-1996)
1224:(1982-1983)
1218:(1978-1982)
1212:(1972-1978)
1206:(1957-1972)
1200:(1950-1957)
1194:(1944-1950)
1188:(1920-1944)
1182:(1917-1920)
1176:(1910-1917)
1170:(1896-1909)
1164:(1882-1896)
1158:(1867-1882)
1152:(1853-1867)
1146:(1852-1853)
1140:(1847-1851)
1134:(1843-1847)
1128:(1840-1843)
1122:(1838-1840)
1120:Henry Inman
1005:Henry Inman
876:. Adelaide.
868:Bull, J. W.
646:Part I
546:Rufus River
537:George Grey
508:overlanding
443:Mount Bryan
434:bushrangers
237:James Inman
201:Henry Inman
192:James Inman
53:4 June 1816
43:Henry Inman
33:Henry Inman
1283:Categories
1240:Gary Burns
1228:David Hunt
686:: GRG2/5/1
629:References
586:, then at
502:Overlander
327:J. B. Hack
245:astronomer
209:overlander
166:; Rector,
49:1816-06-04
984:cite book
892:see also
882:cite book
859:(London:
603:Swinderby
481:Dismissal
376:Inspector
187:Parent(s)
175:Spouse(s)
158:Captain,
89:Education
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762:Register
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571:Anglican
529:Chowilla
516:Goulburn
404:barracks
355:convicts
313:Adelaide
190:Revd Dr
168:Anglican
109:Employer
838:Sources
523:on the
459:Lapwing
396:cavalry
315:on the
279:in the
227:Origins
960:
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595:rector
469:, and
423:Gawler
388:colony
170:Church
222:, UK.
155:Style
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