Police fire upon a party of Aboriginal people, near Cape Radstock, 12 November 1850

Date: 12 Nov 1850
Place: Near Cape Radstock
Police, accompanied by two settlers, search for the missing Sheep Farmer Baird and recover his stolen sheep. They come upon a camp of Aboriginal people who resist when they try to arrest them. One Aboriginal man is shot and killed and another, Pulgulta, is arrested.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Pulgulta
    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

  • Police fire upon a party of Aboriginal people, near Cape Radstock, 12 November 1850
    12 Nov 1850 — Near Cape Radstock
    Police, accompanied by two settlers, search for the missing Sheep Farmer Baird and recover his stolen sheep. They come upon a camp of Aboriginal people who resist when they try to arrest them. One Aboriginal man is shot and killed and another, Pulgulta, is arrested.
    (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