Shooting of Moontar by Cox at McEllister’s station, 12 March 1842

Date: 1 Mar 1842
Place: McEllister’s Station, Port Lincoln
Moontar reported to missionary and interpreter Clamor Schürmann that a European man named Cox attempted to shoot him. Schürmann brought a charge against Cox before Dr Harvey, the Justice of the Peace, on 12 March 1842.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Shooting of Moontar by Cox at McEllister’s station, 12 March 1842
    1 Mar 1842 — McEllister’s Station, Port Lincoln
    Moontar reported to missionary and interpreter Clamor Schürmann that a European man named Cox attempted to shoot him. Schürmann brought a charge against Cox before Dr Harvey, the Justice of the Peace, on 12 March 1842.
    (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