Expedition of Police Commissioner and Protector to Eyre Peninsula to investigate the circumstances surrounding Baird’s murder, 6 December 1850 – 5 January 1851.

Date: 6 Dec 1850
Place: Coast between Port Lincoln and Streaky Bay
In response to Baird’s murder and the subsequent police shooting at Cape Radstock, the Lt. Governor ordered the Commissioner of Police and Protector of Aborigines to visit the area, investigate the circumstances, and make recommendations. They sailed via the Yalata from Adelaide on 6 December 1850, visited the scene and meet with Aboriginal people, before departing on 5 January 1851.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

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

  • Expedition of Police Commissioner and Protector to Eyre Peninsula to investigate the circumstances surrounding Baird’s murder, 6 December 1850 – 5 January 1851.
    6 Dec 1850 — Coast between Port Lincoln and Streaky Bay
    In response to Baird’s murder and the subsequent police shooting at Cape Radstock, the Lt. Governor ordered the Commissioner of Police and Protector of Aborigines to visit the area, investigate the circumstances, and make recommendations. They sailed via the Yalata from Adelaide on 6 December 1850, visited the scene and meet with Aboriginal people, before departing on 5 January 1851.
    (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