Edward Gibbon raped a young girl named Purt Purrie, 28 October 1854

Date: 28 Oct 1854
Place: Yorke Peninsula
Edward Gibbon (aged around twenty years) was charged at the Police Court in Adelaide with raping ten-year-old, Purt Purrie. The case relied on Aboriginal evidence and was eventually dismissed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: District

People involved

  • Mathilda
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Moreer
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Purt Purrie
    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

  • Edward Gibbon raped a young girl named Purt Purrie, 28 October 1854
    28 Oct 1854 — Yorke Peninsula
    Edward Gibbon (aged around twenty years) was charged at the Police Court in Adelaide with raping ten-year-old, Purt Purrie. The case relied on Aboriginal evidence and was eventually dismissed.
    (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