Spearing of Captain Burns, Port Road, Adelaide, 9 March 1838
Aboriginal man ‘Captain Mitchell’ speared Captain Burns (Master of the Giraffe), most likely in revenge for the unjust imprisonment of Captain Mitchell’s brother or near relative following Peglar’s murder in March 1839. Burns recovered and Captain Mitchell was imprisoned for four days.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate
LocationAccuracy: Approximate
People involved
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‘Captain Mitchell’
Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
Sources
- 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
Event mentions
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Spearing of Captain Burns, Port Road, Adelaide, 9 March 18389 Mar 1838 — Port Road (between the Port and Adelaide)Aboriginal man ‘Captain Mitchell’ speared Captain Burns (Master of the Giraffe), most likely in revenge for the unjust imprisonment of Captain Mitchell’s brother or near relative following Peglar’s murder in March 1839. Burns recovered and Captain Mitchell was imprisoned for four days.
(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