George Halliday, shepherd of JB Hughes, speared and beaten by Tangko Malaitya (King William), 9 July 1844
George Halliday, a shepherd of Mr JB Hughes, was assaulted by Tangko Malaitya (alias King Williamy) who speared and beat him when Halliday refused to give him a dead sheep he was carrying.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate
LocationAccuracy: Approximate
People involved
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Tangko Malaitya (Tarko Milaitya; Kanko Melaitya; King William; William - ‘A Gawler Town Native’, belonging to a ‘northern tribe’)
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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George Halliday, shepherd of JB Hughes, speared and beaten by Tangko Malaitya (King William), 9 July 18449 May 1844 — Utteerowie, one of JB Hughes’s out stations (head station was ‘near the Broughton’)George Halliday, a shepherd of Mr JB Hughes, was assaulted by Tangko Malaitya (alias King Williamy) who speared and beat him when Halliday refused to give him a dead sheep he was carrying.
(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