Bushfire on the Lake Hamilton run blamed on Aboriginal boys lighting a fire, 18 December 1865

Date: 18 Dec 1865
Place: Lake Hamilton run
Country on the Lake Hamilton run, Port Lincoln district, set alight by two Aboriginal boys. They were apprehended by the police but released with a warning.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Golbineda Jerry
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Pilgira (aka Kelly)
    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

  • Bushfire on the Lake Hamilton run blamed on Aboriginal boys lighting a fire, 18 December 1865
    18 Dec 1865 — Lake Hamilton run
    Country on the Lake Hamilton run, Port Lincoln district, set alight by two Aboriginal boys. They were apprehended by the police but released with a warning.
    (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