Killing of Brown and Lovelock at Mount Gawler Station, 2 March 1842

Date: 2 Mar 1842
Place: Mt Gawler station, near the Tod River, Port Lincoln district
Stock owner John Brown was speared eight times in his left side and hutkeeper Joseph Lovelock was speared through the heart. Both men died of their wounds. Interpreter Clamor Schürmann obtained the Aboriginal version of events, namely that Mordalta speared Lovelock in order to rob the hut, and that Brown was speared by Ngarbi.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Mordalta
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Nantes
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Ngarbi
    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

  • Killing of Brown and Lovelock at Mount Gawler Station, 2 March 1842
    2 Mar 1842 — Mt Gawler station, near the Tod River, Port Lincoln district
    Stock owner John Brown was speared eight times in his left side and hutkeeper Joseph Lovelock was speared through the heart. Both men died of their wounds. Interpreter Clamor Schürmann obtained the Aboriginal version of events, namely that Mordalta speared Lovelock in order to rob the hut, and that Brown was speared by Ngarbi.
    (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