Corn Field Raids of 1827-1828

Corn field raids 1827-1828
Location	South Bank, New Farm, and Kangaroo Point
Result	Indeterminate
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales;	Turrbal
Commanders and leaders
King George IV; Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Darling; Captain Patrick Logan	Mulrobin (Mulrubin)
Strength
	400 estimated total; South Brisbane Tribe[1]
Casualties and losses
	Total Casualties: Unknown

The Corn Field Raids of 1827-1828 was a frontier conflict in the early Moreton Bay Penal Settlement. The conflict consisted of Turrbal attempts to starve out the colony by repeated plundering and destruction of the maize fields in South Bank and Kangaroo Point.[2]

Notes

Kidd, Ros (21 July 2000). "Aboriginal History of the Princess Alexandra Site" (PDF). Metro South: Page 14. doi:10.5130/ccs.v6i3.4218. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
"Corn Fields Raids 1827-1828". Frontier Battle. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

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