Killing of shepherd John Walter Jerrold near Mount Fytton, 13 April 1865

Date: 13 Apr 1865
Place: Paralana station, about 5 miles west of Mt Fitton
John Walter Jerrold, a shepherd working for John Jacob, near Mount Fitton, went missing, and another shepherd, Harris had sheep stolen. It was later revealed that Jerrold had been killed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Monaitya (alias Jacky)
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  • Mrs Forbes (Paralana Tommy's wife)
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  • Tommy
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  • ‘Old Man Archie’
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Sources

Event mentions

  • Killing of shepherd John Walter Jerrold near Mount Fytton, 13 April 1865
    13 Apr 1865 — Paralana station, about 5 miles west of Mt Fitton
    John Walter Jerrold, a shepherd working for John Jacob, near Mount Fitton, went missing, and another shepherd, Harris had sheep stolen. It was later revealed that Jerrold had been killed.
    (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