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Name	Coorong, Adelaide and Yorke War and Resistance
Description	A summary of this war and resistance will be available in future. Notes: Sealers and whalers who kidnapped women established violent relations. Explorers at the Coorong looking for the mouth of the Murray-Darling system and others passing through were killed, probably due to the hostile relations established by sealers and whalers. With Adelaide established by free settlers rather than convicts, there was violence and resistance, but it's severity relative to other parts of Australia may have been ameliorated by the efforts of Mullawirraburka and Kadlitpinna, with Wyatt and other colonists to quell violence and retaliation. When the 'Maria' was ship wrecked at the Coorong, many were killed in a rare massacre of colonists by Aboriginal people. This lead to Government ordered reprisals and killing of Aboriginal people. Violence and resistance expanded from Adelaide into the Yorke Peninsula and to the north. This was followed by conflicts at Port Lincoln (Eyre Peninsula) to the west; on overland routes between Adelaide and the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers and Port Phillip (Victoria), and further north in the Flinders Ranges. Also, the Northern Territory was governed from Adelaide when there was extensive violence there later. Data has been generously provided by: Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier
Type	Event
Subject	history, Indigenous, Aboriginal, Australia, Colonial violence, South Australia
Linkback	https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/4755c59ae93447a9b0acf9b2b0b265f6
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Content Warning	Colonial violence. Links to historical sources may contain racist attitudes and language.
Number of places	115

Contributor	Dr Bill Pascoe
Creator	Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck
Publisher	Australian Wars and Resistance
Contact	australianwars@gmail.com
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Added	2026-03-15 14:03:58
Updated	2026-03-15 17:51:57

🌏 'Maria' massacre, Coorong

Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.782

Longitude

139.306

Start Date

1840-07-01

End Date

1840-07-14

Description

In late July 1840, news reached Adelaide that 26 survivors of the wreck of the Maria, at a reef off the Coorong, had been slaughtered by the Milmenrura people (SA Register, August 1, 1840, p 2). Sir George Gawler, the governor of South Australia, declared martial law in the Coorong and dispatched a party of mounted police led by police commissioner Thomas O'Halloran to the Coroong and 'enforce summary justice' on the killers (SA Register, August 15, 1840, p 2). Two Milmenrura men, 'chosen on hearsay, were hung in the sight of the captive members of their clan' (Foster et al, 2001, p 15). However, in the aftermath of the hanging, it is alleged that the police killed a large group of Milmenrua (Hamann, 1973). Twenty-six colonists killed in one operation remains the largest massacre of colonists by Aboriginal people in Australia.

Extended Data

CorroborationRating: ***

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb43

Linkback

https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/detail.php?r=689

Source

SA Register, August 1, 1840 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441699; August 15, 1840 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441755; September 12, 1840 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441838, September 19, 1840 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27441856; News (Adelaide), February 21, 1942, p 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131950481; SACWM,July 28, 1877, p 17 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90942607; The Australasian, December 15, 1883, p 21 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138647904; South Eastern Times, (Millicent, SA), June 15, 1945 p 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200107455; Clyne, 1981; Hamann, 1973; Foster and Nettelbeck, 2001, pp 13-28; Hetherington, R 'George Gawler (1795-1869)' in ADB, Vol 1, 1966 https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gawler-george-2085; Ross, DB 'Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran (1797-1870)' in ADB, Vol 2, 1967 https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ohalloran-thomas-shuldham-2523.

Created At

2026-03-15 17:51:22

Updated At

2026-03-15 17:51:57

🌏 Affray between Coleman, a miller at Strathalbyn, and Aboriginal man named Sam, May 1852

Placename: Strathalbyn
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.2596262696651

Longitude

138.898295795423

Start Date

1852-05-11

End Date

1852-05-11

State

Description

An Aboriginal man broke into and entered Coleman’s mill during the night. The man escaped Coleman’s grip as he was ‘besmeared with grease’. Coleman fired his pistol, and the ball passed through the man’s body but did not kill him. The police and Protector Moorhouse and Sub-Protector Mason provided additional information. The man recovered from his wounds.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF20

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad2

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF20

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Confrontation between Mant-yi-ulde, Corporal Rose, Mulhearne and an unnamed Aboriginal man who was killed through resisting police near Mr Harriot’s station on the Angas, May 1846

Placename: Mr Harriot’s station on the Angas
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.2363897578157

Longitude

138.877885949099

Start Date

1846-05-09

End Date

1846-05-09

State

Description

In searching an Aboriginal encampment for goods stolen from Mr Forbes, Corporal Rose and Police Constable Mulheran fought with two Aboriginal men. One man (whose name does not appear in the written records) died from his wounds. The other man, Mant-yi-ulde (alias Bob), was arrested and charged with robbing Mr Forbes’ hut and resisting police.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF18

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad3

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF18

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Alleged attempted rape of Mrs Taekelmann, on the Bremer near Callington, 26 April 1852

Placename: Callington, on the Bremer
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.1571016390253

Longitude

139.024870165281

Start Date

1852-04-26

End Date

1852-04-26

State

Description

German settler, Mrs Taekelmann, whose husband who had left for the goldfields, told the police that twelve Aboriginal people forced entry into her hut and threatened her with sexual suggestions. She claimed to have fired a pistol to no effect, and been saved by a man who was riding past looking for stock when he heard her screams and the pistol shot. Protector Moorhouse and Sub-Protector Mason investigated and concluded that her claims were false.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF21

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad4

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF21

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Caldecotte (alias ‘One armed Charley’) and others took flour and threatened Sarah Stutely, at Mr Dyke’s station on the Sturt, 11 April 1844

Placename: The Sturt River, near Marion Village
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.0112250789041

Longitude

138.558710363163

Start Date

1844-04-11

End Date

1844-04-11

State

Description

A large group of Aboriginal people confronted Sarah Stutely and her younger sister Emma at her parents’ house on Mr Dyke’s station. On being refused flour, some pushed Sarah and entered the house, shaking their waddies and demanding flour. Emma sought help from Robert Adams. When the group refused to leave, Adams took down an empty gun and threatened to shoot. Caldecotte, a well-known and highly respected man from Encounter Bay, was tried at the Supreme Court on 5 July 1844 and sentenced to three months imprisonment.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF16

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad5

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF16

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Spearing of Gleeson’s ‘coolie’ shepherd, 18 May 1841

Placename: Gleeville (later to be named Beaumont)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9493863008993

Longitude

138.660156927637

Start Date

1841-05-18

End Date

1841-05-18

State

Description

One of Mr Gleeson’s Indian workers (a ‘Coolie’) was stabbed in the neck when he refused to give two Aboriginal men food or money. A doctor was called and the man’s life was saved.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF13

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad6

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF13

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Mungokinkt and five others demand bread and take property belonging to Elizabeth Willis, 19 May 1844

Placename: Gleeville (later to be named Beaumont)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9465532390265

Longitude

138.651277511347

Start Date

1844-05-19

End Date

1844-05-19

State

Description

Mungokinkt and five Aboriginal people entered Elizabeth Willis’s house at Gleeville, examined items, demanded bread and took some items. Mungokinkt, who was known to Willis, prevented her from leaving the house. Mungokinkt was tried at the Supreme Court on 5 July 1844 and sentenced to two months imprisonment.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF17

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad7

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF17

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Fatal shooting of an Aboriginal man by Mr Beevor’s shepherd, June 1840

Placename: Beevor’s station, (Tungkilla) in the Mount Barker District, Northern Mt Lofty Ranges
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9285274417887

Longitude

139.034938525206

Start Date

1840-06-10

End Date

1840-06-10

State

Description

An Aboriginal man who supposedly attacked sheep and a shepherd was shot by the same shepherd at Mr Beevor’s station. Protector Moorhouse and the Commissioner of Police investigated and reported that the shepherd appeared to have acted in self-defence. A later account by John Wathrall Bull suggests the the death of this man was not intentional.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF12

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad8

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF12

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Aboriginal woman assaulted by Edward Gregory, March 1842

Placename: Adelaide
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9282121467099

Longitude

138.599953783945

Start Date

1842-03-01

End Date

1842-03-01

State

Description

Edward Gregory used swords to maim an Aboriginal woman at his house in the Adelaide district. The woman recovered and the case was prosecuted but the woman was unable to give evidence because she did not speak English.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF14

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad9

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF14

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Hanging of Yerricha (George), Iron Stores, 31 May 1839.

Placename: Adelaide Gaol
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9170073002116

Longitude

138.586738600427

Start Date

1839-05-31

End Date

1839-05-31

State

Description

Yerricha (George), a man from the Lyndoch Valley area, was hanged for the murder of shepherd William Duffield. When the case went to trial, the defence argued it rested on circumstantial evidence. Yerricha was found guilty.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Precise
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF10

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebada

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF10

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Hanging of Wang Nucha (Tommy Round Head) at the Adelaide Gaol, 31 May 1839

Placename: Adelaide Gaol
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.917998349258

Longitude

138.584217368089

Start Date

1839-05-31

End Date

1839-05-31

State

Description

Wang Nucha (Tommy Round Head) was charged and found guilty for the murder of Mr Hallett’s shepherd, James Thompson, at the Para River on 26 April 1839. His trial took place on 25 May 1839 and he was hanged at the Adelaide Gaol on 31 May 1839.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Precise
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF11

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebadb

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF11

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Death of Enoch Peglar, bank of the River Torrens, 8 March 1838

Placename: Adelaide
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9173213861247

Longitude

138.598565911984

Start Date

1838-03-08

End Date

1838-03-08

State

Description

Labourer Enoch Peglar was killed by a long sharp instrument (a kangaroo bone or wooden stick) that pierced his heart. Two men from the upper Gulf were briefly imprisoned for Peglar’s death.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF04

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebadc

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF04

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Destruction of Aboriginal encampment at Second Creek, 11 June 1846

Placename: Second Creek, near Dr Kent’s mill (Kent Town)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9163391048568

Longitude

138.632811110851

Start Date

1846-06-11

End Date

1846-06-11

State

Description

Muller complained to police that Aboriginal people from Moorundie had encamped on his section and were continuously driving away his horses and cattle, and destroying his grass and timber. He requested police assistance to remove ‘the nuisance’. According to police report, the encampment was burned.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF19

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebadd

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF19

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Two Aboriginal men wounded by a European shooting quail, 6 December 1837

Placename: Adelaide
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9132699996589

Longitude

138.581007000368

Start Date

1837-12-06

End Date

1837-12-06

State

Description

Two Aboriginal men lying in the grass were wounded by pellets shot by an Englishman hunting quail. As they expressed it, ‘Burkonna mayoo wokkareen’ – ‘the white man was stupid’. The two men recovered.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF02

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebade

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF02

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Spearing of Captain Burns, Port Road, Adelaide, 9 March 1838

Placename: Port Road (between the Port and Adelaide)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8822280111852

Longitude

138.537085526552

Start Date

1838-03-09

End Date

1838-03-09

State

Description

Aboriginal man ‘Captain Mitchell’ speared Captain Burns (Master of the Giraffe), most likely in revenge for the unjust imprisonment of Captain Mitchell’s brother or near relative following Peglar’s murder in March 1839. Burns recovered and Captain Mitchell was imprisoned for four days.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF05

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebadf

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF05

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Killing of William Duffield (Osmond Gilles’ shepherd), 21 April 1839

Placename: Torrens River, 6 miles from Adelaide
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8660318982551

Longitude

138.665835802877

Start Date

1839-04-21

End Date

1839-04-21

State

Description

Shepherd William Duffield was attacked by three Aboriginal men. Before he died, Duffield deposed that the men were seemingly intent on stealing sheep.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF06

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae0

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF06

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Killing of James Thompson (Hallett’s shepherd), 26 April 1839

Placename: North of Adelaide near the Milner Estate and Para Rivers
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.6650674199079

Longitude

138.519503516555

Start Date

1839-04-26

End Date

1839-04-26

State

Description

James Thompson, Hallett’s shepherd, was killed in the vicinity of the Milner Estate and the Para (Gawler) River, inland from Port Gawler. Picha-Cud-Nacha (Tam O’Shanter), Wang Nucha (Tommy Round Head) and Tippa Warricha (Bob) were charged with wilful assault and murder. Wang Nucha was found guilty and hanged.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF07

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae1

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF07

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Tippa Warricha (aka Bob), throwing spears at Daniel Cox (John Hallett’s hutkeeper), 26 April 1839

Placename: Hallett’s station, near the Milner Estate (the lower Para/Gawler River, inland from Port Gawler)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.6683210002249

Longitude

138.517141000359

Start Date

1839-04-26

End Date

1839-04-26

State

Description

Tippa Warricha (Bob) was charged with throwing spears at Daniel Cox, with intent to murder. The case was tried at the Supreme Court. Tippa Warricha was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF08

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae2

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF08

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Colonists charge at a group of Aboriginal people, May 1839

Placename: Lower Para/Milner Estate
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.6421735698789

Longitude

138.494037820658

Start Date

1839-05-01

End Date

1839-05-01

State

Description

Several young colonists charged a group of Aboriginal people in the wake of Thompson and Duffield’s deaths, forcing them to flee.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF09

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae3

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF09

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Murder of George Meredith, Fleurieu Peninsula, c.1836

Placename: Near Yankalilla
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.4636481997026

Longitude

138.321897500365

Start Date

1836-01-01

End Date

1836-01-01

State

Description

George Meredith, a sealer living on Kangaroo Island, came ashore on the Fluerieu Peninsula in the early part of 1836, with his Aboriginal wife and two Aboriginal men. The men reportedly killed him with a tomahawk.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF22

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae4

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF22

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Henry Thomas Morris’s and Henry Valette Jones’s shooting of Melaityappa, 12 August 1849

Placename: Stephen’s Port Vincent run
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8999714298707

Longitude

137.73785500038

Start Date

1849-08-12

End Date

1849-08-12

State

Description

On 12 August, Morris and Jones rode up to Melaityappa and shot him in the arm, foot and back. On 22 August, Protector Moorhouse met with Melaityappa. Melaityappa was taken to Adelaide and operated on by the Colonial Surgeon. He died on 31 August 1849. Jones and Morris were tried at the Supreme Court and charged with wilful murder. Both men were acquitted by Judge Mann.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP12

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae5

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP12

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Henry Morris assaults two women, Monarto and Yurnarri, at George Milner Stephen’s Oyster Bay station, 12 August 1849

Placename: GM Stephen’s station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.7979734401115

Longitude

137.842090799675

Start Date

1849-08-12

End Date

1849-08-12

State

Description

Henry Thomas Morris beat Monarto with a whip and a yam stick, and Yurnarri with a yam stick. The case was heard at the Police Court and the Supreme Court, after which the Judge forwarded the depositions to the Attorney General for his consideration.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP11

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae6

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP11

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Binarambula took a lamb and ewe from Mr Rogers’ station, 19 July 1851

Placename: William Rogers’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.93952268976

Longitude

137.035785100104

Start Date

1851-07-19

End Date

1851-07-19

State

Description

On 19 July 1851, Binarambula was charged with stealing a lamb and ewe from William Rogers. He was brought before the Grand Jury at the Supreme Court Criminal Sessions but the Jury ignored the bill.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP25

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae7

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP25

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Ngurkilli, Partko and Mantamornappa assault Henry James Brown and take his gun, 15 June 1851

Placename: Coutts
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9294485501034

Longitude

137.187294799616

Start Date

1851-06-15

End Date

1851-06-15

State

Description

Ngurkilli, Partko and Mantamornappa feloniously assaulted Henry James Brown and stole a gun from him, valued at fifteen shillings. In court, Brown stated that the men often pilfered from the hut when he was not there, and that they had taken his meat the previous day. Mantamornappa said that he could not use the gun, and that he took it for fear of the hutkeeper using it against them.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP24

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae8

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP24

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Mantamornappa, Ngalta, Tantultara and Watpa assaulted Friedrich Struve (James Coutts’s employee) and took flour and meat from his hut, 3 June 1851

Placename: Coutts’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.0117859054003

Longitude

137.243004463358

Start Date

1851-06-03

End Date

1851-06-03

State

Description

Mantamornappa had previously worked for Struve’s employer, James Coutts. And all four men were known to Struve. They pleaded guilty to feloniously assaulting him, and taking flour and meat from his hut. They were sentenced to six months hard labour.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP23

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebae9

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP23

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Kurkrunwilla and Muruss charged with stealing sheep from William Rogers’ station, 14 March 1851

Placename: Rogers’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9380434103149

Longitude

137.635702299905

Start Date

1851-03-14

End Date

1851-03-14

State

Description

On 21 March, Thomas Rogers (shepherding for his father William) discovered a sheep that had been hidden in the bush since 14 March. In court, Kurkrunwilla and Muruss described how they had separated the sheep, carried it away and buried it under leaves in the bush. They were committed for trial at the Supreme Court.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP21

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaea

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP21

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Aboriginal people who scattered sheep on Anstey’s station dispersed with guns, 1 September 1849

Placename: Anstey’s station, YP
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.7716109203254

Longitude

137.59927960006

Start Date

1849-09-01

End Date

1849-09-01

State

Description

Five Aboriginal people rushed upon a flock of sheep at Anstey's station. Two shepherds drove the Aboriginal group away by using threats and presenting their firearms. No blood was reported to have been shed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP13

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaeb

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP13

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Killing of Mr Bowden’s sheep, late 1847

Placename: Bowden’s station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.0026179602753

Longitude

137.632838099775

Start Date

1847-09-01

End Date

1847-09-01

State

Description

Protector Moorhouse and Corporal Hall visited all the recently established stations on Yorke’s Peninsula in early January 1848. They reported that Aboriginal people had taken some sheep from Mr Bowden. According to Moorhouse, of the thirty sheep taken, twenty were recovered alive, and the carcasses of ten were found before they had been eaten.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP02

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaec

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP02

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Burning of two of Mr Weaver’s Huts, late 1847

Placename: Weaver’s station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9272268899287

Longitude

137.681483800195

Start Date

1847-09-01

End Date

1847-09-01

State

Description

When Corporal Hall visited all the newly formed stations in the recently occupied district of Yorke Peninsula in late December 1847 and early January 1848, he was informed that two of Mr Weaver’s huts had been burned by ‘the Natives’ three months earlier.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP01

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaed

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP01

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 James Gall and Charles Parrington shot several people at Tuckockowie, October 1852

Placename: Tuckockowie
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9957272598227

Longitude

137.213285700036

Start Date

1852-10-18

End Date

1852-10-18

State

Description

Aboriginal men held shepherd, Richard Monks, to the ground and took the flock of sheep he was shepherding. Monks reported back to his employer James Coutts, who sent his nephew, John Gall, and overseer, Charles Parrington, in pursuit. In recovering the sheep, Gall and Parrington allegedly encountered twenty Aboriginal men and fired in self-defence. They claimed that two men were wounded, but did not know if their injuries were fatal. The men were apparently from the Point Pearce district and were unknown to the Europeans.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP26

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaee

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP26

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Melapa and Melacha accused of stealing flour from the police station, 24 April 1853

Placename: Police Station (near Moorowie head station)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9688777897424

Longitude

137.490926699647

Start Date

1853-04-24

End Date

1853-04-24

State

Description

Police Constable Lewin accused Melapa and Melacha of stealing flour from the police station. Police Commissioner Tolmer was on a tour of inspection and soon deduced that Lewin and fellow Police Constable Charles Sinclair had not issued rations on the full moon (the 24 April). Tolmer dismissed Lewin on the spot, and liberated Melapa and Melacha.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Precise
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP28

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaef

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP28

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Killing of Nantariltarra and drowning of a young girl, 3 July 1849

Placename: Hardwicke Bay
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8918864703242

Longitude

137.457488600232

Start Date

1849-07-03

End Date

1849-07-03

State

Description

A party of between five and eight Europeans carrying firearms assembled to surprise and confront a group of Aboriginal people encamped on the shores of Hardwicke Bay, and recover the sheep taken from Anstey’s shepherds (William Bruce Scott and John Brown) two days earlier. Nantariltarra (alias ‘Williamy’) was shot through the head and a girl drowned.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP08

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf0

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP08

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Taking of sheep from Anstey and Giles’s shepherds, 1 July 1849

Placename: Hardwicke Bay area
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8676581303533

Longitude

137.482660800356

Start Date

1849-07-01

End Date

1849-07-01

State

Description

Between fifteen and twenty men confronted shepherds, William Bruce Scott and James Brown. Three men attempted to communicate, first with Brown (at the head of the flock) and then with Scott (at the back). The shepherds attempted to frighten them away by firing a pistol, after which the Aboriginal men threw stones at the shepherds. Scott and Brown ran away, leaving the sheep. When the flock was recovered, two hundred sheep were missing.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP07

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf1

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP07

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 George Penton fatally shot an Aboriginal man in the vicinity of Gum Flat (Minlaton), 20 January 1849

Placename: Minlaton
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.7658371599458

Longitude

137.565113699975

Start Date

1849-01-20

End Date

1849-01-20

State

Description

After learning that a flock of sheep had been rushed and some sheep taken, Anstey’s overseer, George Penton, went in pursuit. Penton came to a group of about fifty people who were roasting eight sheep. On seeing Penton, the group ran away, with the exception of one man who stood his ground. While this man was reportedly either preparing to throw or in the act of throwing his spear, Penton shot him through the head.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP06

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf2

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP06

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Thomas Granger, Mr Anstey’s hutkeeper, fatally shot Kawilla, 18 June 1853

Placename: One of Anstey’s stations, Yorke Peninsula
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9264773101603

Longitude

137.49211789985

Start Date

1853-06-18

End Date

1853-06-18

State

Description

Thomas Granger, a hutkeeper employed by Anstey, alleged that Kawilla came to his hut, demanded flour and threatened him, and that Granger shot him in self-defence. Thomas Giles’s recollections suggest that Granger fabricated the story and shot Kawilla in the back.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP27

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf3

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP27

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Killing of William Bruce Scott (Anstey’s shepherd) by Tulta and Wilcooramalap, 2 August 1849

Placename: Anstey and Giles’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8378571800766

Longitude

137.490831199749

Start Date

1849-08-02

End Date

1849-08-02

State

Description

On 2 August 1849, shepherd, William Bruce Scott, was brutally killed in the Hardwick Bay district while out with his flock. On 3 August, three Aboriginal people led Sergeant-Major McCulloch to the missing sheep. Through interpreter Native Constable Jim Crack, Wilcooramalap subsequently led McCulloch to Scott’s body. Wilcooramalap and, later, Tulta, were charged with Scott’s murder, but were released in March 1850 due to a lack of evidence.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP10

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf4

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP10

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Shepherd Thomas Armstrong, employed on George Milner Stephen’s Port Vincent run, fatally speared by Tulta, 11 July 1849

Placename: Six to seven miles from GM Stephen’s head station, Port Vincent run
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.80232282993

Longitude

137.808292100335

Start Date

1849-07-11

End Date

1849-07-11

State

Description

On the morning of 11 July 1849, shepherd, Thomas Armstrong, was speared in his side by Tulta. He died of his wounds. Information provided by Aboriginal witnesses and Protector Moorhouse indicate that Tulta speared Armstrong for failing to compensate him for having sexual intercourse with Tulta’s wife.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP09

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf5

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP09

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 The wounding of John Gall (James Coutts’s nephew) and taking of a sheep by Koonko and Watpa at Coutts’s station, 9 October 1849

Placename: Coutts’ station (Tuckockowie)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.0702639640192

Longitude

137.421641209343

Start Date

1849-10-09

End Date

1849-10-09

State

Description

When Koonko and Watpa attempted to round up some sheep, John Gall fired a pistol, and was consequently speared and attacked with sticks and stones. Although the flock was taken, all but one or two sheep were recovered. Koonko and Watpa were tried at the Supreme Court in March 1850. Koonko was sentenced to four months hard labour. The charge against Watpa was abandoned.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP14

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf6

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP14

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 An Aboriginal man caught stealing sheep at Rogers’ station dies of a mysterious affliction, December 1849

Placename: Roger’s station and police station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.964880698126

Longitude

137.49078339141

Start Date

1849-12-02

End Date

1849-12-02

State

Description

On 26 November 1849, Aboriginal people attacked sheep on Rogers' station, driving some off. When they repeated the attack on 29 November, the police captured one of the alleged offenders. The police returned with the prisoner to Rogers’ station where they observed swelling and the development of large water-bladders on the prisoner's face. He died at the Yorke Peninsula Police Station on 2 December.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP15

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf7

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP15

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Spearing of William Bagnall (James Coutts’s shepherd), 27 May 1850

Placename: Coutts’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9930836496775

Longitude

137.160709699569

Start Date

1850-05-27

End Date

1850-05-27

State

Description

Bagnall was waddied and speared fifty yards from his hut. Kankarra Widlo was later charged with grievous bodily harm. In court, Bagnall gave contradictory evidence regarding the assault and the reasons for the confrontation. Bagnall later developed a reputation for committing ‘criminal acts’ with Aboriginal women. He also had a ferocious dog that attacked Aboriginal people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP17

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf8

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP17

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Rape of Wurti Pultana (a young girl) by Thomas Simms at Rocky Waterhole Station, Yorke Peninsula, early-September 1850

Placename: Rocky Waterhole Station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9418329502738

Longitude

137.783644299843

Start Date

1850-08-03

End Date

1850-08-03

State

Description

Wurti Pultana (aka Warriota), aged between six and eight years, was raped by one of Rogers’ shepherds, an older man named Thomas Simms. Although a true bill was found against Sims at the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings in November 1850, the Grand Jury found Simms not guilty in February 1851.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP19

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaf9

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP19

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Padlarra speared a sheep belonging to William Rogers at Rogues’ Gully, 10 June 1850

Placename: Rogues Gully
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.4872004500312

Longitude

137.871778500153

Start Date

1850-06-10

End Date

1850-06-10

State

Description

In the presence of shepherd, George Miles, and his assistant, Taityanna-Widlo, Padlarra took one of William Rogers’ sheep at Rogues’ Gully. Two days later, Padlarra was arrested by Police Constable Coyte, Native Constable Jim Crack and Taityanna-Widlo.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP18

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebafa

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP18

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Killing of William Bagnall for which Marippa, Yellarri, Warriappa and Ngi Yerri Yeltarra were accused, May 1851

Placename: Rogers’ Station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.9455483101565

Longitude

137.606492499565

Start Date

1851-05-01

End Date

1851-05-01

State

Description

On 16 May 1851, police stationed on Yorke Peninsula went to the site where William Bagnall had reportedly been killed. His head was smashed in and his body was found ripped open from the throat to the lower ribs. One of Bagnall’s kidneys had been taken. Marippa stated in court that he had beaten Bagnall because he had taken Marippa’s wife. The accused were found guilty of manslaughter and given light sentences.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Precise, Close, Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP22

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebafb

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP22

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 James Coutts fired on Aboriginal people who were attempting to take sheep from Coutts’s sheepyard, 18 July 1853

Placename: Coutts’ station, Tuckockowie
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.0673383096916

Longitude

137.425367299869

Start Date

1853-07-18

End Date

1853-07-18

State

Description

Protector Moorhouse received information that on 18 July 1853, one of Mr Coutts’s shepherds was driving his sheep from the yard when a number of ‘natives’ appeared and prevented him from doing so. The shepherd reported this to Coutts. The two men returned to the yard and fired on the group. No injuries or deaths were reported.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP29

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebafc

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP29

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Edward Gibbon raped a young girl named Purt Purrie, 28 October 1854

Placename: Yorke Peninsula
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.8870053801826

Longitude

137.784767900024

Start Date

1854-10-28

End Date

1854-10-28

State

Description

Edward Gibbon (aged around twenty years) was charged at the Police Court in Adelaide with raping ten-year-old, Purt Purrie. The case relied on Aboriginal evidence and was eventually dismissed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP30

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebafd

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP30

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Confrontation between John Gall and two Aboriginal men intent on taking goods from Gall’s hut, sometime between 1850-1853

Placename: Coutts' station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.0145312898774

Longitude

137.248123000067

Start Date

1850-01-01

End Date

1850-01-01

State

Description

A physical confrontation occurred between John Gall (nephew and assistant overseer of James Coutts) and two Aboriginal men whom Gall alleged ‘snuck up’ on him while he was in his hut.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP16

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebafe

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP16

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Kurrawampa shot in the legs by William Stephenson after taking another Aboriginal man’s food given for work done at Rogers’ station, Point Pearce, 4 January 1855

Placename: Rogers’ station, Point Pearce
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.4241755196331

Longitude

137.506039300217

Start Date

1855-01-04

End Date

1855-01-04

State

Description

When two Aboriginal men were given dinner for helping Rogers’ employees erect a hut, Kurrawampa and others took it away from them. The overseer, Mr Elliot, took the dinner back, causing Kurrawampa and others to threaten him with spears. William Stephenson fetched a gun. Kurrawampa threw a spear at Elliot. Stephenson shot Kurrawampa in the legs. Kurrawampa was cared for by the men at the station and made a full recovery.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP31

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebaff

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP31

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Tittawitta, Tommy Gumflat and Jemmy Pointpiecer were charged with stealing 213 sheep from Mr Rogers, 22 August 1855

Placename: Rogers’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.3296840701864

Longitude

137.518923500367

Start Date

1856-08-22

End Date

1856-08-22

State

Description

Tittawitta, Tommy Gumflat and Jemmy Pointpiercer were charged with stealing 213 sheep from Mr Rogers, 22 August 1855. They admitted the charge and were sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP32

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb00

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP32

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli killed Maltalta, an Eyre Peninsula man who was making his way home after appearing as a witness in Adelaide, 11 February 1851

Placename: Unknown, YP
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.9907241402945

Longitude

137.885651800228

Start Date

1851-02-11

End Date

1851-02-11

State

Description

Eyre Peninsula man, Maltalta, was speared by Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli as he travelled through Yorke Peninsula on his way from Adelaide to his country. Aboriginal witnesses told the court that Maltalta was killed because he was a stranger, and that it was customary among them to kill strangers as they did not like strangers passing through their country.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP20

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb01

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP20

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 George Penton takes weapons and utensils from Aboriginal encampment, 20 January 1849

Placename: Minlaton
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.766412589807

Longitude

137.59846149984

Start Date

1849-01-20

End Date

1849-01-20

State

Description

After fatally shooting an Aboriginal man, Anstey’s overseer, George Penton, removed all the weapons and utensils left behind by the group who fled on his appearance.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: yorkepeninsula
Identifier: YP33

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb02

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/yorkepeninsula/#YP33

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:51

🌏 Sheep taken and Dutton and Hardy’s shepherd injured, River Light, 16 June 1841

Placename: Arthur Hardy’s station in the vicinity of Mt Dispersion (NB Mt Dispersion re-named Anlaby by Dutton)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.2361870001799

Longitude

138.920712000189

Start Date

1841-06-16

End Date

1841-06-16

State

Description

A flock of sheep ‘forcibly taken possession of by a party of natives’ were recovered ‘through the courage and persevering efforts’ of two shepherds who beat the Aboriginal men off with stout saplings. Frederick Dutton stated that ‘the blacks so severely injured one shepherd while alone in charge of his flock that his life was despaired of for some time’ but that he would recover.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN06

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb03

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN06

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Shooting of Worta by William Roach, near the Light River, 2 August 1841

Placename: On Mr Metcalfe’s station, near the Light River
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.2320824511282

Longitude

138.900961473265

Start Date

1841-08-02

End Date

1841-08-02

State

Description

On 2 August 1841, as Aboriginal man Worta cooked meat on a fire near his wurley, he was shot dead by Mr Peter’s stock-keeper, William Roach, in the presence of Worta’s daughter, Katta Murtanna, and Roach’s companions, William Wilson and Edward Cross. Missionary Christian Teichelmann learned of his murder and informed the authorities. The Europeans were arrested but Roach was ultimately acquitted.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN07

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb04

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN07

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Mount Dispersion, 1839

Placename: Mt Dispersion/Analby (Kapunda)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.189331798798

Longitude

138.96537985902

Start Date

1839-12-01

End Date

1839-12-01

State

Description

In December 1839, overlander Captain John Finnis arrived in the area of what is now known as Kapunda. The name given to ‘Mt Dispersion’ suggests a confrontation with Aboriginal people may have occurred in that location. The name seemingly changed after 1841, coinciding with FH Dutton’s purchase of Captain Finnis’s run (Anlaby). The nearby plains were named Waterloo Plains, and Mt Dispersion became Waterloo Hill.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN01

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb05

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN01

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Aboriginal people attack Robinson’s station and kill sixteen sheep, 16 December 1841

Placename: Robinson’s station on the Wakefield
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.1457130267075

Longitude

138.417788669323

Start Date

1841-12-15

End Date

1841-12-15

State

Description

James Hawker recorded in his diary on 15 December that ‘The natives have attacked Robinson’s station on the Wakefield and killed 16 sheep’ and that the Police were out ‘after them’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN11

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb06

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN11

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Capture of two Aboriginal women, Horrocks’ Hutt River Station, February 1840

Placename: Hutt River, Horrocks’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.0690637440955

Longitude

138.692321001282

Start Date

1840-02-01

End Date

1840-02-01

State

Description

John Horrocks captured two women as a ‘lure’ for the Aboriginal men responsible for attacking his shepherd. No men came forward, and police escorted the women to Adelaide to speak with Captain Jack (Kadlitpinna), through whom (Horrocks thought) the Europeans could learn who was responsible. One of the women escaped before reaching Adelaide.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN04

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb07

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN04

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Spearing of European’s dog and confrontation on Robertson’s and Hope’s station on the Wakefield, 6 December 1841

Placename: Mr John Hope’s and Mr Robertson’s stations on the Wakefield
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.0265747969087

Longitude

138.689058620208

Start Date

1841-12-06

End Date

1841-12-06

State

Description

A group of nine Aboriginal men passing a hut of John Hope and Robertson speared the Europeans’ dog and adopted a menacing attitude towards three Europeans who confronted them.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN09

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb08

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN09

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Confrontation between Aboriginal men and Europeans in which one Aboriginal man fell, Hope’s station on the Wakefield, 9 December 1841

Placename: Hope’s station on the Wakefield
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.0272122269721

Longitude

138.685377776924

Start Date

1841-12-09

End Date

1841-12-09

State

Description

On 9 December a group of about 50 Aboriginal men drove 150 sheep from one of Hope’s flocks. In attempting to recover the sheep, the Europeans were attacked with spears and waddies and forced to run ‘for their lives’. Later that day, 12 men with firearms and one unarmed man confronted between 20-30 Aboriginal men. In the ensuing fight, an Aboriginal man fell and was possibly killed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN10

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb09

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN10

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Fatal shooting of Aboriginal man on John Horrocks’ station, 18 February 1839

Placename: Mt Horrocks, (Horrocks’s station, Penwortham)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.9301799806569

Longitude

138.676908461324

Start Date

1840-02-18

End Date

1840-02-18

State

Description

On 18 February, a party at Horrocks’ station consisting of Police Constable Cotterell, Mr Edwards, Corporal Deane and Thomas Flannery shot dead an Aboriginal man supposedly responsible for the attack on Horrocks’ shepherd John Thicket five days earlier.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN03

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb0a

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN03

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Spearing and waddying of John Thicket (John Horrocks’s shepherd), 13 February 1840

Placename: Horrock’s station, Penwortham region
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.9256838038116

Longitude

138.655790900659

Start Date

1840-02-13

End Date

1840-02-13

State

Description

Shepherd John Thicket was confronted by 6 or 7 men while out with his sheep. He was struck on the head and face with waddies, speared in the back and wounded by a sharp instrument on the right side under his bottom rib, but recovered from his injuries.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN02

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb0b

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN02

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Keri Warritya (alias Henry) and another man drove sheep away and prevented the shepherds from interfering, winter of 1843

Placename: Edward Peters’ station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.8901521422729

Longitude

138.89910630488

Start Date

1843-01-01

End Date

1843-01-01

State

Description

On 21 July 1843, Keri Warritya (alias Henry) was found guilty for stealing 10 sheep belonging to Mr Edward Peter and others. He was sentence to 12 months imprisonment, the first and last weeks to be in solitary confinement.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN21

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb0c

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN21

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 One man killed and another injured by Gleeson’s shepherd, September 1840

Placename: Gleeson’s station, Hutt River (Clare)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.8334831187241

Longitude

138.612567017171

Start Date

1840-01-01

End Date

1840-01-01

State

Description

Two Aboriginal men attempted to separate 200-300 sheep from a flock belonging to EB Gleeson while other Aboriginal men speared sheep. Gleeson’s shepherd fired, killing one man, wounding another and shooting a dog belonging to the group, after which 200 Aboriginal people (with very few women) surrounded the station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN05

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb0d

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN05

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 An Aboriginal woman, Maria, shot and killed by Jacob’s hutkeeper, George Gregory, 26 January 1843

Placename: On JB and BH Hughes station, Hutt River
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.8088434427904

Longitude

138.585246921846

Start Date

1843-01-25

End Date

1843-01-25

State

Description

Mr Jacob’s hutkeeper, George Gregory, shot a woman known by the name of Maria whom he had seized for supposedly participating in taking some sheep belonging to Mr Hughes. Gregory was indicted on a charge of manslaughter but the jury found him not guilty.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN19

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb0e

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN19

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Three Aboriginal men rush hutkeeper John Wood and take flour from a hut on Hope’s station, 5 March 1844

Placename: Magpie Creek
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.7792063868679

Longitude

138.346557868288

Start Date

1844-03-05

End Date

1844-03-05

State

Description

Three Aboriginal men approached hutkeeper John Wood at his hut on Magpie Creek and asked him for flour. On refusal, the men ‘rushed’ Wood and one man, possibly Kertamera (alias Charley), took 30 pounds of flour. The following day the police found Kertamera and some other Aboriginal people with flour a short distance from Wood’s hut. Kertamera was arrested. He appeared at the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings on 5 July and was found not guilty.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN28

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb0f

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN28

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Campbell’s employees threatened at their station near at Bungaree, 3 February 1842

Placename: Campbell’s cattle station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.7464356684017

Longitude

138.61980691105

Start Date

1842-02-03

End Date

1842-02-03

State

Description

Following the death of the Aboriginal man (shot by Mark Richards) at an outstation on Bungaree, Aboriginal people threatened Europeans at Campbell’s cattle station and set fire to the surrounding country.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN13

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb10

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN13

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Spearing of Charles Campbell’s cattle, 11 February 1842

Placename: Campbell’s cattle station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.7493381542853

Longitude

138.617300764121

Start Date

1842-02-11

End Date

1842-02-11

State

Description

Aboriginal people spear several of Campbell’s calves and gather in large numbers in the vicinity of Campbell’s cattle station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN14

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb11

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN14

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Spearing of calves by Katamia, Campbell’s station, 25 September 1842

Placename: Campbell’s station (east of Hawker’s station i.e. Bungaree)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.7521909341554

Longitude

138.619627917238

Start Date

1842-09-25

End Date

1842-09-25

State

Description

Katamia, alias Jemmy, was charged with wilfully and maliciously killing or assisting in killing a calf, the property of Charles Fox Campbell. Katamia had previously been at the Hawkers’ station where he had been employed as a native constable.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN17

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb12

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN17

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Confrontation at which shots were fired at Hawker’s outstation, 21 February 1842

Placename: Hawker’s outstation
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.7084725951987

Longitude

138.564543869905

Start Date

1842-02-21

End Date

1842-02-21

State

Description

During the night some Aboriginal people attacked the Hawkers’ outstation and rushed the sheep. Shepherds fired shots and wounded some Aboriginal people, all of whom ran away.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN15

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb13

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN15

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Mark Richards’ murder of an Aboriginal man on Bungaree station, 2 February 1842

Placename: Out-station on Bungaree (Hawker’s station)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.6286075813172

Longitude

138.56804453899

Start Date

1842-02-02

End Date

1842-02-02

State

Description

A hutkeeper at one of the Hawker brothers’ outstations, Mark Richards, shot an Aboriginal man through the heart and smashed his skull after he entered the sheep fold during the night.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN12

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb14

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN12

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Aboriginal people fired at by the Hawker brothers’ shepherd, 3 December 1841

Placename: Hawker brothers’ temporary station ‘some miles below Horrocks’ cattle yards on the Hutt River’ (James Hawker, Early Experiences, 1899, 80).
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.6131030862709

Longitude

138.597470132627

Start Date

1841-12-03

End Date

1841-12-03

State

Description

According to James Hawker, a group of Aboriginal people rushed a mob of sheep early on the morning of 3 December 1841. One of the Hawker brothers’ shepherds fired four shots and the group ran away.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN08

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb15

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN08

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 George and James Hawker confront an Aboriginal group and make them give up their spears, 25 July 1842

Placename: North of Bungaree
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.5288897161703

Longitude

138.603497229007

Start Date

1842-07-25

End Date

1842-07-25

State

Description

While looking for an outstation, George and James Hawker suddenly encountered a large group of Aboriginal people whom they made give up all their spears. This is stated in a context in which James notes ‘we always went about well armed’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN16

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb16

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN16

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Killing of Maryann and Ngunnirri Burka by William Carter, 13 July 1844

Placename: Wortappa, Hallett’s station, near Mt Bryan
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.4195253471587

Longitude

138.993485143888

Start Date

1844-07-13

End Date

1844-07-13

State

Description

At Wortappa, John Hallett’s sheep station near Mt Bryan, a group of five Europeans led by William Moore Carter made a dawn raid on a group of Aboriginal people who had taken some sheep. Two Aboriginal people were killed, and another two injured. On hearing of the confrontation Governor Grey ordered an investigation. Spratt, Smith and Pritt were committed on the charge of feloniously killing Ngunnirri Burka and Mary Ann. Despite the determined efforts of government officials, Carter escaped arrest, aided by Edward Leake, a pastoralist stationed at Mt Gambier.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN23

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb17

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN23

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Aboriginal man ‘Peter’ beaten to death by shepherd John Williams on 18 August 1845 and the body of Peter’s son found nearby

Placename: Hummock Ranges
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.3999519997694

Longitude

138.133193999744

Start Date

1845-08-18

End Date

1845-08-18

State

Description

An Aboriginal man known to the settlers as Peter was beaten so severely that he died. The body of Peter’s son (aged 12-14 years) was subsequently found nearby. Protector Moorhouse initially suspected poisoning but subsequently deduced Peter’s son died of starvation and cold. The Police Commissioner and Attorney General were also involved in the investigations and the case was tried at the Supreme Court in September 1845.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN24

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb18

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN24

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Aboriginal man shot by Skelton, 18 June 1843

Placename: Cotilleery station, Hughes’ station, Reedy Creek, NW of the River Broughton
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.3500350950569

Longitude

138.607101965223

Start Date

1843-06-18

End Date

1843-06-18

State

Description

An Aboriginal man was shot by Skelton at Cotilleery, an outstation of John Bristow Hughes. It was dark and Skelton claimed he thought he was shooting at a wild dog. The man died on the night of 20 June and Skelton was tried for the crime.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN20

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb19

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN20

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 George Halliday, shepherd of JB Hughes, speared and beaten by Tangko Malaitya (King William), 9 July 1844

Placename: Utteerowie, one of JB Hughes’s out stations (head station was ‘near the Broughton’)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.142349856779

Longitude

138.971594149035

Start Date

1844-05-09

End Date

1844-05-09

State

Description

George Halliday, a shepherd of Mr JB Hughes, was assaulted by Tangko Malaitya (alias King Williamy) who speared and beat him when Halliday refused to give him a dead sheep he was carrying.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN22

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb1a

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN22

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Thomas Murray’s murder of Pootawamimka and theft of items, 3 January 1843

Placename: Near Mt Bryan
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.4322260043307

Longitude

138.88886704137

Start Date

1843-01-03

End Date

1843-01-03

State

Description

Pootawamimka, a member of the Too-rong-doon group, was shot by Thomas Murray, a stockman employed by John Harris, on 3 January 1843, near Mt Bryan. Harris informed the police of the conflict on 8 January, and he and Murray gave depositions to the Resident Magistrate in Adelaide on 9 January. Edward Eyre, the Magistrate based at Moorundie, heard of Pootawamimka’s murder from some Aboriginal people from the Mt Bryan district. The account provided by Harris and Murray differed greatly from the account given by those who spoke with Eyre and Moorhouse was instructed to investigate.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN18

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb1b

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN18

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Unnamed shepherd fired at a man who had taken some sheep, 4 February 1847

Placename: Browne’s station, vicinity of Mt Lock
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.1000611782186

Longitude

138.572052874788

Start Date

1847-02-04

End Date

1847-02-04

State

Description

An unnamed shepherd, working on a station near Mount Locke, saw some Aboriginal people tracking sheep from a flock. When he went to investigate, he received a blow on the head with a waddy. He fired at and injured the man who struck him. Moorhouse and Corporal Power visited the wounded Aborigine on Browne's station where he was receiving medical attention.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN25

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb1c

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN25

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Unnamed shepherd fired on the brother of a man injured earlier who threatened to avenge his injury, 15 February 1847

Placename: Waterhole near Mt Lock
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.1017287310511

Longitude

138.574025051434

Start Date

1847-02-15

End Date

1847-02-15

State

Description

The brother of a man wounded on 4 February threatened the shepherd responsible. The shepherd stated that he retreated and asked the man to lay down his waddy, but when he continued to advance, the shepherd fired and wounded him.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN26

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb1d

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN26

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Shooting of Wortpu Pari at Aboriginal encampment, Kapunda, 11 May 1852

Placename: Kapunda
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.3405683811741

Longitude

138.915654911839

Start Date

1851-05-11

End Date

1851-05-11

State

Description

Wortpu Pari (alias Jemmy Critchell) was shot by either Charles Jacques or Jeremiah Nicholls. The previous evening, a group of around 12 Aboriginal people asked to purchase alcohol from the publican of the North Kapunda Arms. On being refused, some of the group threw several stones, breaking windows, a clock and wounding a customer on the forehead. Several hours later, a group of up to six Europeans went to the wurlies, and Wortpu Pari was shot through the ribs. At the Coroner’s Court the Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Charles Jacques and Jeremiah Nicholls and committed them for trial.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN27

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb1e

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN27

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Ten sheep taken at the White brothers’ station and a spear thrown at shepherd William Richardson, 3 November 1844

Placename: The White brothers’ station (to be named Charlton, near current day Wirrabara) , Mid North
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.020031950273

Longitude

138.250896544075

Start Date

1844-11-05

End Date

1844-11-05

State

Description

Aboriginal people took ten sheep belonging to the White brothers and threw a spear at shepherd, William Richardson.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF01

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb1f

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF01

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 John Keyan, shepherd of the White brothers, surrounded and assaulted by a group led by ‘Yellowman’, 5 November 1844

Placename: The White brothers’ station (to be named Charlton, near current day Wirrabara) , Mid North
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.020812821509

Longitude

138.250926109428

Start Date

1844-11-05

End Date

1844-11-05

State

Description

Thirty sheep were taken from the White brothers’ shepherd, John Keyan, who was held down by two men.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF02

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb20

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF02

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 William Moore Carter rode at an Aboriginal group with his stockwhip and fired his pistol, 5 November 1844

Placename: The White brothers’ station (to be named Charlton, near current day Wirrabara) , Mid North
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0202178725156

Longitude

138.251923928401

Start Date

1844-11-05

End Date

1844-11-05

State

Description

After learning that thirty sheep had been taken and shepherd, John Keyan, had been assaulted, Samuel and Edwin White, and their overseer, William Moore Carter, went in pursuit of those they presumed were responsible. Carter rode at full gallop at a group of Aboriginal people with a stockwhip in his hand and pistol in his belt. No deaths were reported. Carter was subsequently dismissed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF03

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb21

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF03

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Theft of property belonging to police constable John Eastwood by Marawaritya (alias Coodmannin Warninna), August 1845

Placename: Police station near Mount Remarkable (at White’s station, Charlton)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0209057822325

Longitude

138.252123492735

Start Date

1845-08-19

End Date

1845-08-19

State

Description

Marawaritya (alias Coodmannin Warninna) broke into the hut of Police Constable Eastwood. Three weeks earlier, Eastwood missed a lamp and provisions, which were found in Marawaritya’s wurley. When the case went to court, Protector Moorhouse said Marwaritya had not come into much contact with Europeans. He was found not guilty.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF04

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb22

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF04

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Twenty-two sheep taken from Robinson’s station, 6 August 1846

Placename: Robinson’s station, two miles from the Whites’ station (Wirrabara district)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0164595763028

Longitude

138.288216969909

Start Date

1846-08-06

End Date

1846-08-06

State

Description

Twenty-two sheep were reported as taken from Mr Robinson’s station (located two miles from the Whites’ station) during the night of 6 August 1846.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF07

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb23

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF07

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Reprisal killing of ‘Charley’ (alias Melicha) by Manooka Bidea, at Stoney Creek on 8 November 1846

Placename: Stoney Creek (near Mount Remarkable)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.9237699997747

Longitude

138.113726999989

Start Date

1846-11-08

End Date

1846-11-08

State

Description

Native Constable Charley, a man from the Broughton district, was killed by Manooka Bidea (alias Billy), either in revenge for the role he played in apprehending those involved in Whitney and Scott’s deaths, or for killing the sister of Manooka Bidea.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF09

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb24

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF09

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Sheep taken from Mr Ferguson’s flocks and Pero, his wife and child captured, 24 December 1846

Placename: Telowie, near Port Pirie (about 26 miles from Ferguson’s head station)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0529210071435

Longitude

138.096017546901

Start Date

1846-12-24

End Date

1846-12-24

State

Description

On 24 December 1846, Ferguson’s shepherd, Joseph Pilcher, realised 270 sheep were missing from one of the flocks in the vicinity of a new station being formed at Telowie. Shepherd, Joseph Coles, and hutkeeper, Henry Gray, subsequently found eighty sheep in a steep gully, where they were yarded in a brush fence. Pero, his wife and child were the only people there. They were skinning a sheep. The following day the Europeans took Pero and his wife and child ‘into custody’ and transported them to Ferguson’s head station. Pero was tried at the Supreme Court for stealing sheep, but was liberated due to a lack of an interpreter.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF10

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb25

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF10

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Confrontation and fatal shooting of two Aboriginal men and one woman on Ferguson and Younghusband’s station in Telowie Gorge, 26 December 1846

Placename: 10 miles from Mt Remarkable
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0370329999288

Longitude

138.107391999757

Start Date

1846-12-26

End Date

1846-12-26

State

Description

Several Aboriginal people died as a result of a confrontation between Peter Ferguson, Joseph Pilcher and Joseph Coles, and an Aboriginal group. In court, the Europeans stated that whilst recovering some stolen sheep, they surprised the group in a steep gully in the early hours of the morning. They alleged that they were compelled, for their own safety, to fire. Aboriginal witnesses informed Protector Moorhouse that two men and one woman had died.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF11

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb26

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF11

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 ‘Billy’ takes flour, tea, sugar and seven sheep from Price Maurice’s Appila station, mid-December 1847

Placename: Appila (Hayward spells is ‘Appelea’)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0371049237572

Longitude

138.444334564197

Start Date

1847-12-01

End Date

1847-12-01

State

Description

Price Maurice’s overseer, FJ Hayward, reported to his employer in mid-December 1847 that the ‘Blacks were very troublesome’ at one of the stations, Appila. They took seven sheep, flour, tea, sugar and more. They were led by a man known as ‘Billy’ who had recently been tried for the murder of Native Constable Charley in November 1847.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Precise
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF12

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb27

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF12

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 One hundred sheep belonging to Price Maurice taken by ‘Yellowman’ and ‘Charlie’ at the Pekina station, mid-December 1847

Placename: Pekina
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.771979557641

Longitude

138.556820832421

Start Date

1848-12-01

End Date

1848-12-01

State

Description

JF Hayward informed his employer, Price Maurice, that ‘the blacks’ were very troublesome in mid-December 1847, and that one hundred sheep had been taken by ‘Yellowman’ and ‘Charlie’ from the Pekina station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF13

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb28

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF13

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Price Maurice’s overseer, JF Hayward, initially outwitted by Aboriginal women and girls, eventually captures ‘Charley’ for sheep stealing, January 1848

Placename: Narien Range
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.6906374038939

Longitude

138.801855251872

Start Date

1848-01-01

End Date

1848-01-01

State

Description

After 200 sheep went missing in January 1848, Price Maurice’s overseer, JF Hayward, accompanied by the police stationed at Mount Remarkable, found a group of women and children and a quantity of mutton. They stated that the sheep, and the men who took them, were in the neighbourhood of Mount Brown. On arriving at that location, Hayward realised he had been deceived. After eventually taking Charley prisoner, Hayward took him to Burra, where the magistrate refused to sentence Charley due to the lack of evidence.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF14

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb29

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF14

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Toby, Tommy, Frying Pan and Rosy Wine charged with stealing at least fifty of Mr Watts’ sheep, April 1848

Placename: Mr Watts’ station at Stony Creek in the vicinity of Mt Brown.
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.9543306256296

Longitude

138.16034384456

Start Date

1848-04-01

End Date

1848-04-01

State

Description

On 22 April 1848, Corporal Lang from the Mount Remarkable Police Station and Captain Watts’s overseer from White’s Creek arrived in Burra with four Aboriginal men suspected of having stolen over one hundred sheep. The Resident Magistrate thought the evidence was inconclusive, but was informed by the Attorney General that the men should be tried at the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings in June. The bill against Toby, Tommy, Frying Pan and Rosy Wine was dismissed due to unsatisfactory evidence.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF15

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb2a

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF15

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Killing of William Hart, June 1848

Placename: Hodgson’s station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.9156003869637

Longitude

138.333288823582

Start Date

1848-06-01

End Date

1848-06-01

State

Description

14-year-old William Hart did not return with his flock of sheep on 23 June 1848. His body was found in a wombat hole in mid-July. A waddy with blood on it and a broken digging stick with blood and human hair were found near William’s body. The waddy and digging stick were thought to be the weapons used to kill him.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF16

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb2b

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF16

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Warria killed when trampled by a horse while being transported to Adelaide for William Hart’s murder, 17 December 1849

Placename: 5 or 6 miles south of Mr White’s station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.0973850176518

Longitude

138.291449559256

Start Date

1849-12-17

End Date

1849-12-17

State

Description

Warria (alias Munberry Billy) was arrested for William Hart’s murder. While travelling to Adelaide in custody of Police Constables Whish and Batham, Warria was mounted on a horse due to his fatigued state. According to their depositions, the horse was startled, Warria fell, and the horse trampled and kicked him, causing immediate death. Governor Robe instructed that ‘very careful enquiry’ be made into the case, which potentially implicated the two constables. Dr Webb conducted a post-mortem examination.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF18

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb2c

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF18

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Mr Younghusband’s Chinese shepherd missing, allegedly killed by Aboriginal people, January 1848

Placename: Crystal Brook, neighbourhood of Mount Remarkable
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.3330662211641

Longitude

138.238580927194

Start Date

1849-01-28

End Date

1849-01-28

State

Description

On 28 January 1849, a Chinese shepherd employed by Mr Younghusband did not return with his flocks. Nothing was heard from him. Police searched for the body, but didn’t find it. The shepherd was presumed killed by Aboriginal people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF19

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb2d

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF19

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Kudnutya (Fryingpan) charged with stealing sheep, 8 May 1849

Placename: Beautiful Valley, near Mt Remarkable
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.6550050508894

Longitude

138.076392855983

Start Date

1849-05-08

End Date

1849-05-08

State

Description

Kudnutya was found guilty of stealing eighty sheep belonging to Messrs Burnett and Fotheringham, and under the charge of Robert Lee (‘Bob’), in the vicinity of Beautiful Valley. At the Police Commissioner’s Court on 28 June, Kudnutya, through Protector Moorhouse, said he partook of mutton but did not take the sheep. He was sentenced to two months with hard labour.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF20

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb2e

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF20

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Sheep allegedly driven off Hodgson’s station, April 1850

Placename: Hodgson’s station, Mt Remarkable
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.9468143533694

Longitude

138.360577598246

Start Date

1850-04-01

End Date

1850-04-01

State

Description

In April 1850, a report that Mr Hodgson’s shepherd had lost some sheep, supposedly taken by Aboriginal people, reached the Mount Remarkable Police Station. Police spent several days visiting Aboriginal people’s camps, but were unable to detect traces of the sheep.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF21

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb2f

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF21

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Sheep taken from the yards of Williams and McIntosh, 4 October 1850

Placename: Neighbourhood of Mt Remarkable
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.8004759162545

Longitude

138.191705913997

Start Date

1850-10-04

End Date

1850-10-04

State

Description

Sixty sheep were taken from the yards of Messrs Williamson and McIntosh in the neighbourhood of Mount Remarkable. The missing sheep were recovered before the police arrived.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: District
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF22

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb30

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF22

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Thirty-nine sheep taken from Yates near Mount Remarkable, 18 December 1851

Placename: Near Mt Remarkable
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.8632215237977

Longitude

138.033119744817

Start Date

1851-12-18

End Date

1851-12-18

State

Description

Yates reported thirty-nine sheep had been taken from his run near Mount Remarkable. He and two police constables went in search and found the remains of four sheep, supposedly killed by Aboriginal people. The remainder were not found. Yates was unable to prove they had been taken by Aboriginal people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF30

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb31

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF30

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 The Peters brothers, Hughes, Hope and Bagot have sheep speared and taken during the last six months of 1841

Placename: River Light and Wakefield River
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.199726855125

Longitude

138.861709592316

Start Date

1841-01-01

End Date

1841-01-01

State

Description

In his half yearly report for the second half of 1841, Protector Moorhouse stated that the sheep of Captain Bagot, the Peters brothers, Mr Hope and Mr Hughes had been attacked, with some sheep speared and taken away. The Messrs Peters experienced the greatest loss, having had at one time about 21 taken away. None of the guilty parties were captured in any instance.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN31

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb32

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN31

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Hutkeeper George Littleworth assaulted by Buccumoolu and Williamy, 27 April 1842

Placename: Mr Peter’s outstation, Murray Plains
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.7502339287044

Longitude

138.9328547327

Start Date

1842-04-27

End Date

1842-04-27

State

Description

Mr Peter’s hutkeeper, George Littleworth, was severely beaten by Buccumoolu and Williamy at Mr Peter’s out-station on the Murray Plains. Buccomoolu (aka Karri/Turle Kurree) a high status man of the Mount Bryan group, and ‘Williamy’ were arrested but Williamy escaped. Buccomoolu was tried at the Supreme Court for the attempted murder of Littleworth.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN29

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb33

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN29

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Alleged attack on HB Hughes’ station, May 1843

Placename: HB Hughes station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.2826227602894

Longitude

138.569523999584

Start Date

1843-05-01

End Date

1843-05-01

State

Description

A newspaper article published on 30 May 1843 stated that a ‘formidable attack’ had been made on HB Hughes’. The shepherds were supposedly ‘driven in’ and great losses sustained.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN30

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb34

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN30

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Shepherd waddied and a flock of sheep taken by members of the ‘Terong Tribe’, 13 July 1843

Placename: Currency Creek (Adelaide Hills?)
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.4511313251915

Longitude

138.754717895577

Start Date

1843-07-13

End Date

1843-07-13

State

Description

Mr Mayfield’s shepherd was attacked by two ‘natives’ who waddied him, covered him with a bag and held him down while sheep were taken. Most of sheep and the remains of six carcasses were found several hours later. An Aboriginal man was observed paddling down the creek (Currency Creek) in a boat loaded with sheep. No arrests were made.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: adelaidehillsfleurieu
Identifier: AHF15

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebad1

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/adelaidehillsfleurieu/#AHF15

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:06:38

🌏 Seven Aboriginal men charged at Clare Court with stealing sheep from Ferguson and Younghusband’s Station near Crystal Brook, 21 June 1852

Placename: Fergusson and Younghusband’s station, vol. 2, p.87, (in Bowman’s name, but Bowman purchased from Younghusband in 1856. See SA Register, 5 August 1856, .
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.2852662600472

Longitude

138.220042700103

Start Date

1852-06-21

End Date

1852-06-21

State

Description

Seven Aboriginal men; Malia (alias Charley), Pedia (alias Jacky), Malia (alias Jemmy), Pedia (alias William), Coonia (alias Kangaroo), Coonia (alias Tunbo), and Wariol (alias Tommy), were charged at Clare Court with stealing sheep from Ferguson and Younghusband’s station, near Crystal Brook.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF33

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb36

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF33

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Confrontation between Mr Williams and Berea (aka Big Billy) at Black Rock, in which Berea was wounded, 10 January 1852

Placename: Black Rock
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.8496815602013

Longitude

138.634869600324

Start Date

1852-01-10

End Date

1852-01-10

State

Description

John Williams was physically threatened by three Aboriginal men in consequence of Williams shooting Berea’s dogs. Williams fired shot at Berea’s chest and back. Berea was tried for feloniously assaulting Williams, and received a sentence of three months hard labour.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF34

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb37

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF34

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Yerki Warritya took sheep from Charles Harvey Bagot’s station, November 1842

Placename: Bagot's Station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.2263047703523

Longitude

138.997269700365

Start Date

1842-11-01

End Date

1842-11-01

State

Description

Aboriginal people were reported to have ‘attacked’ the stations of Captain Bagot and taken provisions and clothing during the last quarter of 1842.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN32

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb38

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN32

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Yerki Warritya stole sheep from Charles Harvey Bagot’s station, November 1842

Placename: Bagot's Station
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.2263047703523

Longitude

138.997269700365

Start Date

1842-11-01

End Date

1842-11-01

State

Description

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN32

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb39

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN32

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Rape and killing of Mary Ann Rainbird, and the killing of children Emma and Robert Rainbird, and Mary Ann’s unborn child, 11 March 1861

Placename: Hamilton district
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.2288759608311

Longitude

138.82036145043

Start Date

1861-03-11

End Date

1861-03-11

State

Description

Mary Ann Rainbird was 8 months pregnant when she and her two children, aged 5 and 2, were killed. Their bodies were found on 12 March in a wombat hole. Due to the excessively hot weather, the bodies were in a state of decomposition when they were found. On examination, all were found to have received blows to the head. Six Aboriginal men were arrested and four were found guilty.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: MN33

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb3a

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#MN33

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

🌏 Killing of George McGrath, 2 June 1842

Placename: McGrath Flat, 18 miles beyond Bonney’s well
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.8666594001666

Longitude

139.39866169993

Start Date

1842-06-02

End Date

1842-06-02

State

Description

On 2 June 1842, George McGrath was killed by his Aboriginal guides at Bonney’s Well while travelling to Portland. Wira Mildara and Wek Weki were arrested for the crime in 1845 and tried before the Supreme Court. Both found guilty, but Wira Maldira was executed on the grounds that he ‘knew our habits and some of our laws’ ans was judged more culpable.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: southeast
Identifier: SE37

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb3b

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/southeast/#SE37

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 Police Expedition to the Coorong, c. 24 July to c. 12 August 1844

Placename: Coorong
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.8568737003487

Longitude

139.380319699931

Start Date

1844-08-01

End Date

1844-08-01

State

Description

In late July and early August, Sgt Major Tolmer with a party of approximately 11 police travelled to the Coorong to search for ‘certain natives of the Lake Albert or Milmenrura Tribe who have been guilty of robbing the sheep stations in the neighbourhood’. They drove a party of about 70 Aboriginal people onto rocks in the Coorong about 180 yards from the shore, but as the suspects were not identified, no further actions was taken.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML32

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb3c

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML32

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 O’Halloran’s Expedition in aftermath of Maria Massacre, August 1840

Placename: Coorong
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.7306004003256

Longitude

139.204651900333

Start Date

1840-08-01

End Date

1840-08-01

State

Description

Police Commissioner O’Halloran leads a Police Expedition to apprehend those responsible for the Maria killings. In rounding up Aboriginal people, they shot and wound two fleeing men. Two men, Moorcangua and Mongarawata, were found guilty by a Court Martial held on 24 August and hanged the next day over the graves of the victims.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML17

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb3d

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML17

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 The Maria Massacre, July 1840

Placename: Coorong
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.7106708997109

Longitude

139.206196799603

Start Date

1840-07-01

End Date

1840-07-01

State

Description

The Brig Maria wrecked near Kingston in the South East. The 26 survivors of the wreck were initially guided toward Adelaide by Aboriginal people, but a dispute led the Aboriginal people to kill all of them
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML16

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb3e

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML16

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 Aboriginal dwellings burnt by Frome, October 1840

Placename: Coorong
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.6799897901507

Longitude

139.117957800035

Start Date

1840-10-01

End Date

1840-10-01

State

Description

During O'Halloran's expedition in which two Aboriginal people were hanged for their alleged involvement in the 'Maria Massacre', surveyor Edward Charles Frome burned a look out station and a village of the Milmenura tribe.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML34

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb3f

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML34

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 The Death of Collett Barker, 30 April 1831

Placename: Mouth of the River Murray
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.5581545693504

Longitude

138.883555683981

Start Date

1831-04-30

End Date

1831-04-30

State

Description

While exploring the mouth of the River Murray alone and on foot, Captain Collett Barker went missing, and is believed to have been killed by Aboriginal people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML03

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb40

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML03

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 Sturt’s Expedition to the Mouth of the Murray, 9 February 1830

Placename: Mouth of the River Murray
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.5574708421721

Longitude

138.916973583879

Start Date

1830-02-09

End Date

1830-02-09

State

Description

While exploring the mouth of the River Murray, his party were approached by a group of Aboriginal people with spears raised. When Sturt raised his gun, they retreated.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML02

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb41

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML02

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 The Death of John Driscoll, July 1837

Placename: 10 kilometres from Encounter Bay
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.5122319999317

Longitude

138.707906999634

Start Date

1837-07-01

End Date

1837-07-01

State

Description

The body of the whaler, John Driscoll was found ten kilometres from Encounter Bay. Aboriginal man, Reppindjeri was apprehended for the crime, but escaped before his case went to trial.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Approximate
War: murraylands
Identifier: ML04

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb42

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/murraylands/#ML04

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:08:42

🌏 Four hundred sheep belonging to Hodgson driven off by Aboriginal people in the second quarter of 1848

Placename: Hodgson’s station near White’s Creek
Type: Event

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.936232630186

Longitude

138.359870400437

Start Date

1848-04-01

End Date

1848-04-01

State

Description

Four hundred sheep belonging to Mr Hodgson near White’s Creek were taken by Aboriginal people. Despite the exertions of police, under the leadership of Corporal Lamb, only one hundred and sixteen sheep were recovered. The police party frequently came upon the remains of sheep that had been slaughtered, but were unable to catch the people who had taken the sheep.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Extended Data

LocationAccuracy: Close
War: midnorth
Identifier: SF31

Sources

TLCMap ID

tebb35

Linkback

https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/midnorth/#SF31

Source

Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier

Created At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

Updated At

2026-03-15 14:07:33

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