Unlawful arrest of nine men, some of whom were assaulted by the police, 8 October 1840

Date: 8 Oct 1840
Place: Port Lincoln
Three days after Frank Hawson was speared, nine Aboriginal men came into the settlement of Port Lincoln. The following morning, the police forcefully threw them into jail, injuring several men.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Unlawful arrest of nine men, some of whom were assaulted by the police, 8 October 1840
    8 Oct 1840 — Port Lincoln
    Three days after Frank Hawson was speared, nine Aboriginal men came into the settlement of Port Lincoln. The following morning, the police forcefully threw them into jail, injuring several men.
    (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