ATTACKED BY NATIVES
Explorers in Australia
Sydney, June 18.
A message from Alice Springs says’ that the Cutlack air expedition which is searching for Lasseter’s Reef was attacked by aborigines at Mt Burley, nine miles from Lasseter’s grave. The aeroplane party built a rude shelter and was awaiting the arrival of the ground party when natives appeared with spears, and the expedition members opened fire with their revolvers, Two more attacks were made, and finally the natives were repulsed. During one sortie a member of the expedition narrowly escaped being clubbed.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 225, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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