Reprisal killing of ‘Charley’ (alias Melicha) by Manooka Bidea, at Stoney Creek on 8 November 1846

Date: 8 Nov 1846
Place: Stoney Creek (near Mount Remarkable)
Native Constable Charley, a man from the Broughton district, was killed by Manooka Bidea (alias Billy), either in revenge for the role he played in apprehending those involved in Whitney and Scott’s deaths, or for killing the sister of Manooka Bidea.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Caldecotte (alias One-armed Charley)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Manooka Bidea alias Billy
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Melicha
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Menooka Bidea
    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

  • Reprisal killing of ‘Charley’ (alias Melicha) by Manooka Bidea, at Stoney Creek on 8 November 1846
    8 Nov 1846 — Stoney Creek (near Mount Remarkable)
    Native Constable Charley, a man from the Broughton district, was killed by Manooka Bidea (alias Billy), either in revenge for the role he played in apprehending those involved in Whitney and Scott’s deaths, or for killing the sister of Manooka Bidea.
    (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