Stephen George Henty (3 November 1811 – 18 December 1872)[1] was a farmer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
[3] In 1842, Henty and his brother Edward laid claim to the land around Mount Gambier and established a sheep station there.
[4] Conflict with the local Aboriginal residents quickly ensued that same year with Henty's men shooting a number and burning their corpses.
[5] In March 1844, a band of Aboriginal people led by Koort Kirrup took a large number of Henty's sheep.
[6][7] The Southern Australian reported that other white pastoralists in the region were also having difficulties with Aboriginal attacks on their farmsteads and they resolved to form hunting parties and raid them "indiscriminately" if police protection did not come.