De Villier and Native police receive information at Hamilton's station

Date: 21 Nov 1839
Place: Mr. Hamilton's station on the Sydney road
Pastoral station: Mr. Hamilton's station
Event type: police movement; intelligence
Direct violence: No
The black police under Mr. de Villiers arrived at Mr. Hamilton's station on the Sydney road and received information from an Aboriginal person about the men who had killed Mr. Rutledge's shepherd.

People involved

Sources

  • Port Phillip. (1839, January 9). The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), p. 3. Retrieved April 27, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31722350

Event mentions

  • Black police receive information at Hamilton's station
    21 Nov 1839 — Mr. Hamilton's station on the Sydney road — police movement; intelligence
    The black police under Mr. de Villiers arrived at Mr. Hamilton's station on the Sydney road and received information from an Aboriginal person about the men who had killed Mr. Rutledge's shepherd.
    People: Mr. de Villiers | Mr. Hamilton | a native of the black[s] | Mr. Rutledge | Mr. Rutledge's shepherd
    Source: Port Phillip. (1839, January 9). The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), p. 3. Retrieved April 27, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31722350