Aboriginal man (name not recorded) fatally shot by Pinkerton’s hutkeeper during and affray at involving George Stewart and John Woods, 19 July 1848

Date: 19 Jul 1848
Place: Pinkerton’s station at Lake Newland
On 19 July 1848, Aboriginal men took a shirt belonging to William Porter that was drying outside his hut. Overseer George Stewart and hutkeeper John Woods went in pursuit. After tracking the group over Lake Newland, they met the Aboriginal group standing on some sandhills. The men initially appeared to be friendly, and Stewart demanded they return the shirt or he would shoot them. One man apparently threw a spear which slightly wounded Woods on the chest, whereupon Woods fired and killed him.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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  • Aboriginal man (name not recorded) fatally shot by Pinkerton’s hutkeeper during and affray at involving George Stewart and John Woods, 19 July 1848
    19 Jul 1848 — Pinkerton’s station at Lake Newland
    On 19 July 1848, Aboriginal men took a shirt belonging to William Porter that was drying outside his hut. Overseer George Stewart and hutkeeper John Woods went in pursuit. After tracking the group over Lake Newland, they met the Aboriginal group standing on some sandhills. The men initially appeared to be friendly, and Stewart demanded they return the shirt or he would shoot them. One man apparently threw a spear which slightly wounded Woods on the chest, whereupon Woods fired and killed him.
    (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