Aboriginal man, ‘Robert’, killed near Nuccalenna, 1 December 1862

Date: 1 Dec 1862
Place: Nuccalenna Mines
On 1 December 1862, Harry Hammond was driving his cart near Nuccaleena when he noticed that a bag of meat missing from his dray. An Aboriginal man, Robert, and his wife, Mary Ann, were nearby and he accused them of stealing the meat. Robert said that he had not stolen it, upon which Hammond struck him on the head with the blunt end of his stock whip. Robert stumbled away, collapsed and died.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • ‘Mary Ann’ (Nuccaleena)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.
  • ‘Robert’ (Nuccalenna)
    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 man, ‘Robert’, killed near Nuccalenna, 1 December 1862
    1 Dec 1862 — Nuccalenna Mines
    On 1 December 1862, Harry Hammond was driving his cart near Nuccaleena when he noticed that a bag of meat missing from his dray. An Aboriginal man, Robert, and his wife, Mary Ann, were nearby and he accused them of stealing the meat. Robert said that he had not stolen it, upon which Hammond struck him on the head with the blunt end of his stock whip. Robert stumbled away, collapsed and died.
    (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