Rape of Wurti Pultana (a young girl) by Thomas Simms at Rocky Waterhole Station, Yorke Peninsula, early-September 1850
Wurti Pultana (aka Warriota), aged between six and eight years, was raped by one of Rogers’ shepherds, an older man named Thomas Simms. Although a true bill was found against Sims at the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings in November 1850, the Grand Jury found Simms not guilty in February 1851.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close
LocationAccuracy: Close
People involved
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Warria
Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
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Wurti Pultana
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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Rape of Wurti Pultana (a young girl) by Thomas Simms at Rocky Waterhole Station, Yorke Peninsula, early-September 18503 Aug 1850 — Rocky Waterhole StationWurti Pultana (aka Warriota), aged between six and eight years, was raped by one of Rogers’ shepherds, an older man named Thomas Simms. Although a true bill was found against Sims at the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings in November 1850, the Grand Jury found Simms not guilty in February 1851.
(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