Bulmer to Howitt 4/12/1880
Transcription - Page 6
committed. A lot of Omeo
men started for Bruthen
and with some of the
Bruthen men + others from
Boul Boul they started
for Sale when they killed
Billy Clarks’ Father and
another.
Dick Cooper tells
me that this was but the
commencement of a series
of murders. The Sale
men retaliated on the
up country fellows for
Bobby Brown's Brother was
killed and Flanner's
Brother and I dare say
the feud did not end
till the murder of poor
policeman Paddy and
Hopping Kitty. Dick
Document Details
Date
04 Dec 1880
Letter From
Bulmer, Reverend John
Letter To
Howitt, Alfred William
Author
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Country
Australia
Colony/State
Victoria
Holding Institution
State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
MS9356/395
Medium
Letter
Region
Gippsland
Locality
Lake Tyers
Summary
MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kurnai [Item Title] Letter from John Bulmer to A. W. Howitt. [Summary note] Lake Tyers. 7 pages. 1880 December 04. Box 1053 [Folder] 3(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description
Covering letter signed and dated with six additional pages referred to a as report of an interview by Rev Bulmer.