Death of Aboriginal prisoner Wilgulta, near Streaky Bay, 14 January 1858

Date: 14 Jan 1858
Place: Near Streaky Bay
Police Trooper Geharty locates a group of Aboriginal people who had threatened a shepherd and stolen his sheep. With European station workers they give chase and run down an old man carrying off one of the sheep. The exhausted man his taken back to the station, but is found dead the next morning, reportedly a consequence of his ‘exertion’ the previous day.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Chiltitla, alias Paddy
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  • Chinnilta
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  • Muntiltie
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  • Pinquilta
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Wilgulta, aka John Murray
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Yantilta
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Youltilta
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Sources

Event mentions

  • Death of Aboriginal prisoner Wilgulta, near Streaky Bay, 14 January 1858
    14 Jan 1858 — Near Streaky Bay
    Police Trooper Geharty locates a group of Aboriginal people who had threatened a shepherd and stolen his sheep. With European station workers they give chase and run down an old man carrying off one of the sheep. The exhausted man his taken back to the station, but is found dead the next morning, reportedly a consequence of his ‘exertion’ the previous day.
    (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