Shooting of Moontar by Cox at McEllister’s station, 12 March 1842
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.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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- 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
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Shooting of Moontar by Cox at McEllister’s station, 12 March 18421 Mar 1842 — McEllister’s Station, Port LincolnMoontar 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