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

Date: 11 Apr 1844
Place: The Sturt River, near Marion Village
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.)
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  • Caldecotte (alias ‘One armed Charley’) and others took flour and threatened Sarah Stutely, at Mr Dyke’s station on the Sturt, 11 April 1844
    11 Apr 1844 — The Sturt River, near Marion Village
    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.)
    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