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

Date: 9 May 1846
Place: Mr Harriot’s station on the Angas
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.)
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  • 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
    9 May 1846 — Mr Harriot’s station on the Angas
    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.)
    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