Aboriginal people charged with setting a fire on Andrew Tennant’s run at Mount Wedge, c. April 1856

Date: 1 Apr 1856
Place: Mount Wedge
Aboriginal people set fire to Andrew Tennant's run and are sentenced to two months inprisonment.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Palberra (aka Alpinamie
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Palewiye
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Wiebmulta
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • Yalgilti
    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

  • Aboriginal people charged with setting a fire on Andrew Tennant’s run at Mount Wedge, c. April 1856
    1 Apr 1856 — Mount Wedge
    Aboriginal people set fire to Andrew Tennant's run and are sentenced to two months inprisonment.
    (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