Killing of Nantariltarra and drowning of a young girl, 3 July 1849

Date: 3 Jul 1849
Place: Hardwicke Bay
A party of between five and eight Europeans carrying firearms assembled to surprise and confront a group of Aboriginal people encamped on the shores of Hardwicke Bay, and recover the sheep taken from Anstey’s shepherds (William Bruce Scott and John Brown) two days earlier. Nantariltarra (alias ‘Williamy’) was shot through the head and a girl drowned.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Kokunea (witness)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Murra (witness, Nantariltarra’s son)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Nantariltarra
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Ned (witness)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Worta (aka Kudnurtya, 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

  • Killing of Nantariltarra and drowning of a young girl, 3 July 1849
    3 Jul 1849 — Hardwicke Bay
    A party of between five and eight Europeans carrying firearms assembled to surprise and confront a group of Aboriginal people encamped on the shores of Hardwicke Bay, and recover the sheep taken from Anstey’s shepherds (William Bruce Scott and John Brown) two days earlier. Nantariltarra (alias ‘Williamy’) was shot through the head and a girl drowned.
    (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