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NameEyre Peninsula War and Resistance
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Events in this conflict will be added as Australian Wars and Resistance research continues.

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ContributorDr Bill Pascoe
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Added to System2025-08-11 10:43:16
Updated in System2025-08-11 10:53:53
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Yeelanna, Eyre Peninsula

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Event
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Latitude
-34.1
Longitude
135.696
Start Date
1849-05-01
End Date
1849-05-01

Description

In oral histories collected by Christina Smith one account relates that: In May 1849 a 'local shepherd, Patrick Dwyer, annoyed at Aboriginal people taking flour from his hut, laced some of his supply with arsenic. The flour disappeared and eight Aboriginal people became sick after eating it. Five of them died and three others became very ill and later died. Dwyer was arrested on suspicion of murder but released afterwards for lack of evidence.' He then disappeared to California (Foster et al, 2001, p 83).

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Source_ID
696
LanguageGroup
Nawu
Colony
SA
StateOrTerritory
SA
Victims
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead
8
VictimDescription
Aboriginal
Attackers
Colonists
AttackersDead
0
AttackerDescription
Shepherd(s)
CorroborationRating
**
War
Eyre Peninsula
Stage
Eyre Peninsula
Region
South
Period
South

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TLCMap ID
te15fc
Linkback
https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/detail.php?r=696
Source
Foster et al, 2001, p 83.
Created At
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Waterloo Bay, Elliston, Eyre Peninsula

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Event
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Latitude
-33.645
Longitude
134.885
Start Date
1849-05-17
End Date
1849-05-17

Description

In reprisal for Aboriginal killing of Captain James Rigby Beevor on 3 May 1849 and Anne Easton on 7 May 1849 it is possible that a settler posse chased a group of Wirangu and Nauo people to Waterloo Bay on 17 May and shot and killed at least 10 of them as they sought refuge in the bushes down the headland (Foster et al, 2001, p 53). The 'massacre' is highly contested. Foster and Nettelbeck point out that 'there is no "direct" evidence...in the official documents from the period 1848-1850.' They also point out that: 'Similarly there is no "direct" evidence in the memoirs written by individuals who were directly involved in the events of 1848-1849' (Foster et al, 2001, p 50). However, they do acknowledge that on 16 May 1849, '"there were three parties of volunteers out at that time", and that according to historian Greg Charter, "that if the massacre took place it occurred following the Beevor and Easten murders"' (Charter quoted in Foster et al, 2001, pp 53-54). The Aboriginal community in the region are in no doubt that the massacre took place.

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Source_ID
698
LanguageGroup
Wirangu, Nauo
Colony
SA
StateOrTerritory
SA
Victims
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead
10
VictimDescription
Aboriginal
Attackers
Colonists
AttackersDead
0
AttackerDescription
Settler(s)
CorroborationRating
*
War
Eyre Peninsula
Stage
Eyre Peninsula
Region
South
Period
South

Sources

TLCMap ID
te15fd
Linkback
https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/detail.php?r=698
Source
Foster et.al, 2001, pp 44-73. See also: Burgoyne 2000, p 114; and Gage, 2017.
Created At
2025-08-11 10:43:27
Updated At
2025-08-11 10:43:27

Franklin Harbour

Type
Event
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Latitude
-33.686
Longitude
136.923
Start Date
1856-01-14
End Date
1856-01-14

Description

Execution of Ilyalta, Parnkalta, Eenpulta and Wolmilti at Franklin harbour. This site has been added to ���Colonial Frontier Massacres��� project from ���The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies��� in order to represent the known war on Eyre Peninsula, with 3 sites required to form a polygon.

Extended Data

Source_ID
EP133
LanguageGroup
Barngarla/Nauo
Colony
SA
StateOrTerritory
SA
Victims
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
VictimsDead
3
VictimDescription
Aboriginal
Attackers
Colonists
AttackersDead
1
AttackerDescription
Settler(s)
CorroborationRating
***
War
Eyre Peninsula
Stage
South Australia
Region
South
Period
South

Sources

TLCMap ID
te15fe
Linkback
https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/eyrepeninsula/#EP133
Source
Foster et al, 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' University of Adelaide https://frontiersa-uofadel.hub.arcgis.com/pages/flindersfarnorth/#FFN26 (accessed 2025)
Created At
2025-08-11 10:43:27
Updated At
2025-08-11 10:43:27
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