Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli killed Maltalta, an Eyre Peninsula man who was making his way home after appearing as a witness in Adelaide, 11 February 1851

Date: 11 Feb 1851
Place: Unknown, YP
Eyre Peninsula man, Maltalta, was speared by Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli as he travelled through Yorke Peninsula on his way from Adelaide to his country. Aboriginal witnesses told the court that Maltalta was killed because he was a stranger, and that it was customary among them to kill strangers as they did not like strangers passing through their country.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: District

People involved

  • Jim Crack (interpreter)
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  • Kanger Worli (aka Kanga Wurli) (accused)
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  • Kanyana (12 year old boy, witness)
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  • Kurra Wamba (witness)
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  • Maltalta
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  • Maltalta (Eyre Peninsula man charged with murder of Beevor, discharged)
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  • Mararnatto (witness)
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  • Marra Maranatto (witness)
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  • Nyalta Wikkanin (accused)
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  • Tukkurm (accused)
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Sources

Event mentions

  • Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli killed Maltalta, an Eyre Peninsula man who was making his way home after appearing as a witness in Adelaide, 11 February 1851
    11 Feb 1851 — Unknown, YP
    Eyre Peninsula man, Maltalta, was speared by Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli as he travelled through Yorke Peninsula on his way from Adelaide to his country. Aboriginal witnesses told the court that Maltalta was killed because he was a stranger, and that it was customary among them to kill strangers as they did not like strangers passing through their country.
    (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