Billy shot and killed by Thomas Donelly, 1 September 1846

Date: 1 Sep 1846
Place: Davenport’s Station (Mayurra)
Following a quarrel between two workers on Davenport’s station, Thomas Donelly approached one of the man with a loaded gun. An Aboriginal station worker, known as ‘Billy’, warned the man of Donnelly’s approach and was shot and killed. Donelly fled into the Port Phillip district but was pursued by Corporal McCullock who apprehended him. Donelly was later tried, found guilty and hanged.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • 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.

Sources

Event mentions

  • Billy shot and killed by Thomas Donelly, 1 September 1846
    1 Sep 1846 — Davenport’s Station (Mayurra)
    Following a quarrel between two workers on Davenport’s station, Thomas Donelly approached one of the man with a loaded gun. An Aboriginal station worker, known as ‘Billy’, warned the man of Donnelly’s approach and was shot and killed. Donelly fled into the Port Phillip district but was pursued by Corporal McCullock who apprehended him. Donelly was later tried, found guilty and hanged.
    (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