1882–95 Willshire

'In the country between the overland telegraph line and the West Australian boundary, that is all that part north of the 22° parallel of latitude, no white man is safe.' (Willshire 1896:25)

William Henry Willshire (1852–1925) was a police officer in the Northern Territory 1882–1895.

Reference

Willshire, W.H. 1896. The land of dawning, being facts gleaned from cannibals in Australian stone age. Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/182996

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