Ngurkilli, Partko and Mantamornappa assault Henry James Brown and take his gun, 15 June 1851

Date: 15 Jun 1851
Place: Coutts
Ngurkilli, Partko and Mantamornappa feloniously assaulted Henry James Brown and stole a gun from him, valued at fifteen shillings. In court, Brown stated that the men often pilfered from the hut when he was not there, and that they had taken his meat the previous day. Mantamornappa said that he could not use the gun, and that he took it for fear of the hutkeeper using it against them.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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People involved

  • Mantamornappa
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  • Ngurkilli
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  • Paitko
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  • Partko
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Sources

Event mentions

  • Ngurkilli, Partko and Mantamornappa assault Henry James Brown and take his gun, 15 June 1851
    15 Jun 1851 — Coutts
    Ngurkilli, Partko and Mantamornappa feloniously assaulted Henry James Brown and stole a gun from him, valued at fifteen shillings. In court, Brown stated that the men often pilfered from the hut when he was not there, and that they had taken his meat the previous day. Mantamornappa said that he could not use the gun, and that he took it for fear of the hutkeeper using it against them.
    (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