Mungokinkt (alias Williamy)
Events
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Mungokinkt and five others demand bread and take property belonging to Elizabeth Willis, 19 May 184419 May 1844 — Gleeville (later to be named Beaumont)Mungokinkt and five Aboriginal people entered Elizabeth Willis’s house at Gleeville, examined items, demanded bread and took some items. Mungokinkt, who was known to Willis, prevented her from leaving the house. Mungokinkt was tried at the Supreme Court on 5 July 1844 and sentenced to two months imprisonment.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)Sources- 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
Mentions of person in sources
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Mungokinkt (alias Williamy)
19 May 1844Source: 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