Attempted to kill William Light on Peter’s station, 27 April 1851.

Date: 27 Apr 1851
Place: Pelara outstation (Koppio?)
William Light, a hut keeper on William Peter’s Pelara outstation, speared twice by Aboriginal men who came to his hut asking for water. Although wounded, he survived the attack.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

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

  • Attempted to kill William Light on Peter’s station, 27 April 1851.
    27 Apr 1851 — Pelara outstation (Koppio?)
    William Light, a hut keeper on William Peter’s Pelara outstation, speared twice by Aboriginal men who came to his hut asking for water. Although wounded, he survived the attack.
    (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