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youth, in retribution for the fact that O'Sullivan had abducted his wife for sexual purposes and refused to allow her to return to her husband. O'Sullivan later died and by the time Mr Barry, the manager of nearby Sturt Creek
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Flinders, attempted to apprehend the suspect at his camp on Boolka Creek on
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602:"Billiluna: Station manager 'not consulted' over horse cull"
430:"THE STURT CREEK MASSACRE - SUMMARY OF FINAL REPORT"
435:. Department of Archaeology. Flinders University.
577:Hendry, Campbell; ScreenSound Australia (1931),
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185:List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
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550:"Canning Stock Route cannot be re-opened"
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913:Homesteads in Western Australia
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49:Location in Western Australia
180:List of ranches and stations
170:and managed by Mark Gordon.
145:and driven to the shores of
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289:"The tragedy of Billiluna"
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373:"Outrages by Aborigines"
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317:"Further particulars"
205:"The new stock route"
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