Fatal shooting of Ngulga and capture of Nurka by a mounted party led by Hugonin, 21 May 1842

Date: 21 May 1842
Place: 10 miles distant Pillaworta, Port Lincoln
On 21 May 1842, a mounted party of nine men comprised of Hugonin, Driver, several settlers and police coerced a ‘boy’ they had captured to guide them to other Aboriginal people. They came across three men, one of whom (Ngulga) was shot dead, one of whom escaped, and the third of whom (Nurka), was taken prisoner. Soldiers and policemen cut Ngulga’s head from his body and put it on a pole at Pillaworta
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

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

Sources

Event mentions

  • Fatal shooting of Ngulga and capture of Nurka by a mounted party led by Hugonin, 21 May 1842
    21 May 1842 — 10 miles distant Pillaworta, Port Lincoln
    On 21 May 1842, a mounted party of nine men comprised of Hugonin, Driver, several settlers and police coerced a ‘boy’ they had captured to guide them to other Aboriginal people. They came across three men, one of whom (Ngulga) was shot dead, one of whom escaped, and the third of whom (Nurka), was taken prisoner. Soldiers and policemen cut Ngulga’s head from his body and put it on a pole at Pillaworta
    (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