Two Aboriginal people die of arsenic poisoning on Vaux’s Lake Hamilton Station, 15 April 1851

Date: 15 Apr 1851
Place: Vaux's station, Lake Hamilton
An Aboriginal man and women die of poisoning on Vaux’s Lake Hamilton station. Investigations suggest that they ate meat laced with arsenic which was going to be used as a bait for wild dogs.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Ngalta
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Parawolo
    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

  • Two Aboriginal people die of arsenic poisoning on Vaux’s Lake Hamilton Station, 15 April 1851
    15 Apr 1851 — Vaux's station, Lake Hamilton
    An Aboriginal man and women die of poisoning on Vaux’s Lake Hamilton station. Investigations suggest that they ate meat laced with arsenic which was going to be used as a bait for wild dogs.
    (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