Sheep taken from Mr Ferguson’s flocks and Pero, his wife and child captured, 24 December 1846
On 24 December 1846, Ferguson’s shepherd, Joseph Pilcher, realised 270 sheep were missing from one of the flocks in the vicinity of a new station being formed at Telowie. Shepherd, Joseph Coles, and hutkeeper, Henry Gray, subsequently found eighty sheep in a steep gully, where they were yarded in a brush fence. Pero, his wife and child were the only people there. They were skinning a sheep. The following day the Europeans took Pero and his wife and child ‘into custody’ and transported them to Ferguson’s head station. Pero was tried at the Supreme Court for stealing sheep, but was liberated due to a lack of an interpreter.
(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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Pero (aka Purri Kutnutya, aka Kudmatia)
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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Sheep taken from Mr Ferguson’s flocks and Pero, his wife and child captured, 24 December 184624 Dec 1846 — Telowie, near Port Pirie (about 26 miles from Ferguson’s head station)On 24 December 1846, Ferguson’s shepherd, Joseph Pilcher, realised 270 sheep were missing from one of the flocks in the vicinity of a new station being formed at Telowie. Shepherd, Joseph Coles, and hutkeeper, Henry Gray, subsequently found eighty sheep in a steep gully, where they were yarded in a brush fence. Pero, his wife and child were the only people there. They were skinning a sheep. The following day the Europeans took Pero and his wife and child ‘into custody’ and transported them to Ferguson’s head station. Pero was tried at the Supreme Court for stealing sheep, but was liberated due to a lack of an interpreter.
(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