O’Halloran’s Expedition in aftermath of Maria Massacre, August 1840

Date: 1 Aug 1840
Place: Coorong
Police Commissioner O’Halloran leads a Police Expedition to apprehend those responsible for the Maria killings. In rounding up Aboriginal people, they shot and wound two fleeing men. Two men, Moorcangua and Mongarawata, were found guilty by a Court Martial held on 24 August and hanged the next day over the graves of the victims.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • O’Halloran’s Expedition in aftermath of Maria Massacre, August 1840
    1 Aug 1840 — Coorong
    Police Commissioner O’Halloran leads a Police Expedition to apprehend those responsible for the Maria killings. In rounding up Aboriginal people, they shot and wound two fleeing men. Two men, Moorcangua and Mongarawata, were found guilty by a Court Martial held on 24 August and hanged the next day over the graves of the victims.
    (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