Nauo man captured by O’Halloran’s expedition, 16 November 1842

Date: 16 Nov 1842
Place: 85 miles NE of Port Lincoln township
An expedition led by Major O’Halloran pursued a group of Aboriginal people through thick scrub and captured a man of the “Coffins Bay Tribe”. On Schürmann vouching for the man’s innocence, he was released after being informed of the purpose of the expedition – namely to capture the murderers of Brown and Biddle.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Moullia (prisoner)
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  • Moullier (prisoner)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Utulla (friendly with Europeans)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Utulta (friendly with Europeans)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Yutalta (friendly with Europeans)
    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

  • Nauo man captured by O’Halloran’s expedition, 16 November 1842
    16 Nov 1842 — 85 miles NE of Port Lincoln township
    An expedition led by Major O’Halloran pursued a group of Aboriginal people through thick scrub and captured a man of the “Coffins Bay Tribe”. On Schürmann vouching for the man’s innocence, he was released after being informed of the purpose of the expedition – namely to capture the murderers of Brown and Biddle.
    (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