‘Captain Mitchell’
Events
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9 Mar 1838 — Port Road (between the Port and Adelaide)Aboriginal man ‘Captain Mitchell’ speared Captain Burns (Master of the Giraffe), most likely in revenge for the unjust imprisonment of Captain Mitchell’s brother or near relative following Peglar’s murder in March 1839. Burns recovered and Captain Mitchell was imprisoned for four days.
(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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‘Captain Mitchell’
9 Mar 1838Source: 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