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	Aboriginal groups
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 Aboriginal groups plundering and destruction of the maize fields in South Bank and Kangaroo Point.^[2] Potential motives for the raiders include the lack of the distinction between cultivated crops and available natural resources to the native inhabitants,^[3] the taking of the crop as partial compensation for the continuing occupation of the settlers and as a warning to prevent further expansion beyond the colony's current bounds.^[4]

Notes

1. Kidd, Ros (21 July 2000). "Aboriginal History of the Princess Alexandra Site" (PDF). Metro South: 14. doi:10.5130/ccs.v6i3.4218. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
2. "Corn Fields Raids 1827-1828". Frontier Battle. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
3. Kidd, Ros (21 July 2000). "Aboriginal History of the Princess Alexandra Site" (PDF). Metro South: section 2. doi:10.5130/ccs.v6i3.4218. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
4. Evans, Raymond (2008). "On the Utmost Verge: Race and Ethnic Relations at Moreton Bay, 1799–1842". Queensland Review. 15 (1): 14. doi:10.1017/S1321816600004542. S2CID 147375003. Retrieved 17 February 2023.