Pursuit of Aboriginal people for recent murders

Date: 8 Jun 1840 – 8 Dec 1840
Pastoral station: Messrs Waugh and Mackay
Event type: pursuit
Direct violence: No
Major Lettsom and six troopers of the mounted police arrived overland from Sydney in pursuit of Aboriginal people (said to be Jacky, Winberry, and
Billy Hamilton) concerned in the recent murders at the stations of Messrs Waugh and Mackay.

People involved

  • Jagga Jagga (aka Jackey Jackey, Jacky Jacky, Jakka Jakka) — Resistance leader — Wurundjeri Willam, Kulin Nation
  • Major Samuel Lettsom — British Army officer; temporary commander, NSW Mounted Police detachment — Port Phillip District, NSW, Britain
  • Winberri (aka Windberri, Winberrie, Wenberi, Winberree, Tinbury) — Resistance leader, head warrior under Ngurungaeta Bejeman — Wurundjeri Woiwurrung, Kulin Nation
  • Yabbi (aka Billy Hamilton, Yabbee) — Ngurungaeta, Resistance leader and diplomat — Taungurung, Kulin Nation

Sources

  • PORT PHILLIP NEWS. Southern Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844), Tuesday 8 December 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71620462

Event mentions

  • Pursuit of Aboriginal people for recent murders
    8 Jun 1840 – 8 Dec 1840 — pursuit
    Major Lettsom and six troopers of the mounted police arrived overland from Sydney in pursuit of Aboriginal people concerned in the recent murders at the stations of Messrs Waugh and Mackay.
    People: Major Lettsom | six troopers of the mounted police | Jacky, Winberry, and Billy Hamilton
    Source: PORT PHILLIP NEWS. Southern Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844), Tuesday 8 December 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71620462