‘King John’
Events
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10 Oct 1846 — Rivoli BayMr Wheeland’s house at Rivoli Bay burned down.
(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
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9 Dec 1846 — Mt Muirhead FlatJames McKenzie, travelling with ‘King John and Lubra’, claims they assaulted and robbed him. They were apprehended by Police Constable McLeod and Guy and transported to Guichen Bay in a dray because of the ‘severe wounds received in the affray’.
(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
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17 Aug 1847 — Two miles off the coast north of Cape NorthumberlandAfter three hundred sheep driven off the SA Company’s run, Corporal McCulloch assisted by men from the station tracked the sheep to Cape Northumberland, where Aboriginal people there had built four brush yards to pen the sheep. There were about 100 Aboriginal people were present concealing themselves in the thick scrub. Spears were thrown and thrust at the Europeans as they attempted to arrest people. Shots were fired and it is reported that four Aboriginal people were killed.
(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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‘King John’
10 Oct 1846Source: 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
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‘King John’
9 Dec 1846Source: 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
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John
17 Aug 1847Source: 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