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

Date: 19 May 1844
Place: Gleeville (later to be named Beaumont)
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.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Mungokinkt (alias Williamy)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.

Sources

Event mentions

  • Mungokinkt and five others demand bread and take property belonging to Elizabeth Willis, 19 May 1844
    19 May 1844 — Gleeville (later to be named Beaumont)
    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.)
    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