Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 149
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authenticated: many were forgotten. They were as follows
1825 No. 1
Attacking Rt. Jones' hut in Four Square gallows, threatening to put his wife into the b---y River.
Attacked the hut of John Jones, Sideling Hill, put the people to flight, and robbing the hut of Blankets, wearing apparel, and large quantities of flour, tea, sugar, knives, etc.
1827 No. 3
Robert J Robbed John Jones' potatoe field in a dark night.
1829 No. 4
Beat in Poole's marsh Captain Wood's two servants Charles about the heads with Waddies and left him for dead. They also speared James West. The natives robbed the hut of blankets, flour, tea, sugar etc.
On the same day the tribe went to George Denholm's at the Black Marsh in Winterton parish, and speared James Brown.
1830 No. 6
Threatened Mr Bisdea's Lower farm in the Black Marsh, Wimbledon parish. Attack on Captain Wood's hut in Poole's Marsh and next day robbed the splitters in the tier