Taking of potatoes from William Smith’s farm, Happy Valley, 18 November and 2 December 1845

Date: 2 Dec 1845
Place: Happy Valley, Port Lincoln
William Smith reported that potatoes had been stolen from his farm. The Government Resident, a Police Constable and Native Constable Utulta searched for those responsible who had seemingly left the area. Most of the missing potatoes were found ‘secreted in the hills’.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Utulta (Native Constable)
    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

  • Taking of potatoes from William Smith’s farm, Happy Valley, 18 November and 2 December 1845
    2 Dec 1845 — Happy Valley, Port Lincoln
    William Smith reported that potatoes had been stolen from his farm. The Government Resident, a Police Constable and Native Constable Utulta searched for those responsible who had seemingly left the area. Most of the missing potatoes were found ‘secreted in the hills’.
    (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