Shepherd Charles Goldsmith wounded by spears thrown by a group of approximately thirty ‘Kukata’ men, one of whom was Mgurkalta, 16 June 1848

Date: 16 Jun 1848
Place: Mortlock’s Station
Mortlock’s shepherd, Charles Goldsmith, reported that Aboriginal people on several occasions had attempted to spear and steal sheep. On 16 June, a group of about thirty members of the ‘Kukata’ tribe surrounded his hut. Aboriginal women present at the hut warned Goldsmith the ‘blackfellows’ were stealing sheep. Goldsmith’s hat, forehead and thigh were struck by spears, one of which was thrown by Mgurkalta. Goldsmith shot a man in the leg.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Ngurkalta
    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

  • Shepherd Charles Goldsmith wounded by spears thrown by a group of approximately thirty ‘Kukata’ men, one of whom was Mgurkalta, 16 June 1848
    16 Jun 1848 — Mortlock’s Station
    Mortlock’s shepherd, Charles Goldsmith, reported that Aboriginal people on several occasions had attempted to spear and steal sheep. On 16 June, a group of about thirty members of the ‘Kukata’ tribe surrounded his hut. Aboriginal women present at the hut warned Goldsmith the ‘blackfellows’ were stealing sheep. Goldsmith’s hat, forehead and thigh were struck by spears, one of which was thrown by Mgurkalta. Goldsmith shot a man in the leg.
    (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