Murder of William Knox near Yantanabie outstation on 15 December 1876

Date: 15 Dec 1876
Place: Yantanabie station
Station worker, William Knox, killed by Aboriginal man, Winginia, in a fight. The motive was the Europeans refusal to satisfactorily recompense Wilginia for having sex with his wife.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Approximate

People involved

  • Wilginia (aka Sambo)
    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

  • Murder of William Knox near Yantanabie outstation on 15 December 1876
    15 Dec 1876 — Yantanabie station
    Station worker, William Knox, killed by Aboriginal man, Winginia, in a fight. The motive was the Europeans refusal to satisfactorily recompense Wilginia for having sex with his wife.
    (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