Shepherd Thomas Armstrong, employed on George Milner Stephen’s Port Vincent run, fatally speared by Tulta, 11 July 1849

Date: 11 Jul 1849
Place: Six to seven miles from GM Stephen’s head station, Port Vincent run
On the morning of 11 July 1849, shepherd, Thomas Armstrong, was speared in his side by Tulta. He died of his wounds. Information provided by Aboriginal witnesses and Protector Moorhouse indicate that Tulta speared Armstrong for failing to compensate him for having sexual intercourse with Tulta’s wife.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Melaityappa
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Tulta
    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

  • Shepherd Thomas Armstrong, employed on George Milner Stephen’s Port Vincent run, fatally speared by Tulta, 11 July 1849
    11 Jul 1849 — Six to seven miles from GM Stephen’s head station, Port Vincent run
    On the morning of 11 July 1849, shepherd, Thomas Armstrong, was speared in his side by Tulta. He died of his wounds. Information provided by Aboriginal witnesses and Protector Moorhouse indicate that Tulta speared Armstrong for failing to compensate him for having sexual intercourse with Tulta’s wife.
    (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