Sheep speared and taken, spears thrown at Matthew Waygood and an Aboriginal man shot in the arm, 5 April 1844

Date: 5 Apr 1844
Place: Louth Bay/Poonindie, Port Lincoln district
At Henry Smith’s station on 5 April 1844, several sheep belonging to Samuel Smith but under the charge of shepherd Matthew Duncan Waygood were speared and carried off. A spear was reportedly thrown at Waygood, who was unarmed and an Aboriginal man was shot through the arm.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Mowudua (Mowoudua)
    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

  • Sheep speared and taken, spears thrown at Matthew Waygood and an Aboriginal man shot in the arm, 5 April 1844
    5 Apr 1844 — Louth Bay/Poonindie, Port Lincoln district
    At Henry Smith’s station on 5 April 1844, several sheep belonging to Samuel Smith but under the charge of shepherd Matthew Duncan Waygood were speared and carried off. A spear was reportedly thrown at Waygood, who was unarmed and an Aboriginal man was shot through the arm.
    (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