Cowulta accidently shot and killed by Native Constable, 13 June 1855

Date: 13 Jun 1855
Place: Port Lincoln Police Station
Native Constable Mallalieu accidently shot and killed a man named Cowulta, while examining a pistol in the Guard room of the Port Lincoln Police station.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

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

  • Cowulta accidently shot and killed by Native Constable, 13 June 1855
    13 Jun 1855 — Port Lincoln Police Station
    Native Constable Mallalieu accidently shot and killed a man named Cowulta, while examining a pistol in the Guard room of the Port Lincoln Police station.
    (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