PT Poynter badly wounds a man endeavouring to escape custody, Cooeyanna Police Station, 21 August 1869

Date: 21 Aug 1860
Place: Seven miles south east of Cooeyanna Police station, Streaky Bay
PT Poynter struggles with two prisoners he is escorting to Port Lincoln. It is only after he wounds both with his sword and two gunshots, that they are subdued.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Papilya
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  • Pollyarry
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Event mentions

  • PT Poynter badly wounds a man endeavouring to escape custody, Cooeyanna Police Station, 21 August 1869
    21 Aug 1860 — Seven miles south east of Cooeyanna Police station, Streaky Bay
    PT Poynter struggles with two prisoners he is escorting to Port Lincoln. It is only after he wounds both with his sword and two gunshots, that they are subdued.
    (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