George Stuart shot an Aboriginal man who pointed his spear at him, 11 March 1842

Date: 11 Mar 1842
Place: On the road, 1 mile from township of Port Lincoln
On 9 March 1842, Captain Bishop’s servant, George Stuart, reported that he had ‘shot a black man’ who pointed his spear at Stuart. Nine additional Aboriginal men subsequently ran away. On going to assist the man who had been shot, he could not be found.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • George Stuart shot an Aboriginal man who pointed his spear at him, 11 March 1842
    11 Mar 1842 — On the road, 1 mile from township of Port Lincoln
    On 9 March 1842, Captain Bishop’s servant, George Stuart, reported that he had ‘shot a black man’ who pointed his spear at Stuart. Nine additional Aboriginal men subsequently ran away. On going to assist the man who had been shot, he could not be found.
    (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