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| Layer Id | 2822 | Name | Colonists Retreat In The Eumeralla War |
| Description | Some instances of colonists forced into retreat, or not taking land, due to Aboriginal resistance. Most are listed from Critchett's work 'A Distant Field of Murder'. |
Subject Keywords | Indigenous, Australian Wars, Aboriginal, Gunditjmarra |
| Type | Event | Warning | Colonial violence. |
| Created At | 2026-05-26 14:05:57 | Updated At | 2026-05-26 14:12:18 |
| Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/2822 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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7 | - |
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Area
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15962.9356317 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((143.07460785 -38.32830052,141.77427292 -38.14954253,141.50429286 -37.64995145,142.604599 -37.29344739,143.44891632 -37.58750664,143.83506775 -38.29121656,143.07460785 -38.32830052)) | - |
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Density
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0.00043851583201895 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(142.65196698857144 -37.914671438571425) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((141.50429286 -38.32830052,141.50429286 -37.29344739,143.83506775 -37.29344739,143.83506775 -38.32830052,141.50429286 -38.32830052)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Loughnan and Linch's Station, Spring Creek | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Ricketts on the Barwon, Geelong | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1837 | - |
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End Date
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1843 | - |
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Duration
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6 | years |
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Median Date
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1840-01-01 | - |
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Average Date
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1839-10-19 | - |