Kambalta apprehended for robbing Salt Creek Police Station, January 1851

Date: 1 Jan 1851
Place: Salt Creek
The Salt Creek police station was robbed of provisions and Kambalta was later arrested for the offence. In the course of the arrest Kambalta tried to spear Police Constable Kenning.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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People involved

  • Kambulta
    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

  • Kambalta apprehended for robbing Salt Creek Police Station, January 1851
    1 Jan 1851 — Salt Creek
    The Salt Creek police station was robbed of provisions and Kambalta was later arrested for the offence. In the course of the arrest Kambalta tried to spear Police Constable Kenning.
    (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