James Gall and Charles Parrington shot several people at Tuckockowie, October 1852

Date: 18 Oct 1852
Place: Tuckockowie
Aboriginal men held shepherd, Richard Monks, to the ground and took the flock of sheep he was shepherding. Monks reported back to his employer James Coutts, who sent his nephew, John Gall, and overseer, Charles Parrington, in pursuit. In recovering the sheep, Gall and Parrington allegedly encountered twenty Aboriginal men and fired in self-defence. They claimed that two men were wounded, but did not know if their injuries were fatal. The men were apparently from the Point Pearce district and were unknown to the Europeans.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • James Gall and Charles Parrington shot several people at Tuckockowie, October 1852
    18 Oct 1852 — Tuckockowie
    Aboriginal men held shepherd, Richard Monks, to the ground and took the flock of sheep he was shepherding. Monks reported back to his employer James Coutts, who sent his nephew, John Gall, and overseer, Charles Parrington, in pursuit. In recovering the sheep, Gall and Parrington allegedly encountered twenty Aboriginal men and fired in self-defence. They claimed that two men were wounded, but did not know if their injuries were fatal. The men were apparently from the Point Pearce district and were unknown to the Europeans.
    (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