Yutulta and several women beaten by George Lawson, 4 February 1846

Date: 4 Feb 1846
Place: Settlement of Port Lincoln
Native Police Constable Yutalta and some women were beaten by George Lawson who was intoxicated at the time. Yutalta and the women were sitting peacefully at their usual camping site when the assault occurred. Yutalta’s head was cut and his body was bruised. Lawson was fined 20 shillings.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Yutalta (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

  • Yutulta and several women beaten by George Lawson, 4 February 1846
    4 Feb 1846 — Settlement of Port Lincoln
    Native Police Constable Yutalta and some women were beaten by George Lawson who was intoxicated at the time. Yutalta and the women were sitting peacefully at their usual camping site when the assault occurred. Yutalta’s head was cut and his body was bruised. Lawson was fined 20 shillings.
    (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