Soldiers stationed at Pillaworta fire at 200 Aboriginal people, 2 or 3 of whom fell, 19 May 1842

Date: 19 May 1842
Place: Pillaworta station, Port Lincoln
According to Lieutenant Hugonin and Government Resident Charles Driver, two hundred ‘blacks’ attacked the Europeans stationed at Pillaworta. The soldiers of the 96th Regiment fired nine or ten rounds, and two or three men fell, apparently wounded. The Aboriginal group continued to advance, and the Europeans retreated.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Soldiers stationed at Pillaworta fire at 200 Aboriginal people, 2 or 3 of whom fell, 19 May 1842
    19 May 1842 — Pillaworta station, Port Lincoln
    According to Lieutenant Hugonin and Government Resident Charles Driver, two hundred ‘blacks’ attacked the Europeans stationed at Pillaworta. The soldiers of the 96th Regiment fired nine or ten rounds, and two or three men fell, apparently wounded. The Aboriginal group continued to advance, and the Europeans retreated.
    (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