A large group of Aboriginal men, allegedly ‘bent on attack’, assembled at Dutton’s station on 6 March 1842

Date: 6 Mar 1842
Place: Dutton’s Station, Port Lincoln district
On 6 March 1842 a large ‘tribe of natives’ assembled at Dutton’s station. They were painted red and, according to Dutton, evidently ‘bent on attack’. Dutton captured Nantes whom he understood to be the leader of the group.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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People involved

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

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Event mentions

  • A large group of Aboriginal men, allegedly ‘bent on attack’, assembled at Dutton’s station on 6 March 1842
    6 Mar 1842 — Dutton’s Station, Port Lincoln district
    On 6 March 1842 a large ‘tribe of natives’ assembled at Dutton’s station. They were painted red and, according to Dutton, evidently ‘bent on attack’. Dutton captured Nantes whom he understood to be the leader of the group.
    (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