Harlequin

Role: Resistance fighter
Country / people / language: Bangerang / Yorta Yorta / Waveroo / Jaitmatang / Dhudhuroa

Events

  • Harlequin taken into custody at Mr Ewing's station
    29 Nov 1840 — Mr Ewing's station — arrest; custody
    A black man named Harlequin was taken into custody at Mr Ewing's station and delivered to Serjeant Rose.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 1a
    29 Nov 1840 — Hume Mounted Police Station — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin taken by police to the Hume Mounted Police Station.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 1b
    29 Nov 1840 — Mr Barber's station — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin chained and taken to Mr Barber's station that evening (10 miles from Hume Mounted Police station).
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 2a
    30 Nov 1840 — Rocky Waterhole — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin put on horse at Rocky Waterhole (17 mile out from Mr Reids) for 8 miles, then on foot for remaining 9miles to Mr Reids.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 2b
    30 Nov 1840 — Mr Reid's Station, Ovens River — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin at Mr Reid's Station on the Ovens (36 miles from Mr Barbers).
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 3
    1 Dec 1840 — Corporal Kirkshaw's station, Broken River — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin to Corporal Kirkshaw's station at Broken River the next day, and transferred to Kirkshaw's custody (30 miles from Mr Reid's).
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 4
    2 Dec 1840 — Seven Creeks — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin to Seven Creeks (28 miles from Broken River)
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 5
    3 Dec 1840 — Goulburn River Mounted Police Station — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin to the Mounted Police Station at Goulburn River, where he complained of being sick and didn't eat much and slept chained to a post. (29 miles from Seven Creeks)
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 6
    3 Dec 1840 — Mr Binney's Station — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin to Mr Binneys, stopped because Harlequin complained of pain in his side (12 miles from Goulburn River)
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 7
    5 Dec 1840 — Mr Greens station — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin to Mr Greens station, 35 miles from the Goulburn.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin Marched To Melbourne, Day 8
    6 Dec 1840 — Melbourne watchhouse — coercion; transport; imprisonment
    Harlequin to Melbourne watchhouse.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Removal of Harlequin to the hospital
    7 Dec 1840 — Melbourne watch-house — removal; imprisonment
    Dr. Cussen had Harlequin removed from the watch-house to the hospital after seeing that he was very ill.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Death of Harlequin in custody
    8 Dec 1840 – 9 Dec 1840 — death in custody; manslaughter charge
    Harlequin died after being conducted as a prisoner by two Mounted Police from the River Hume to Melbourne.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Wednesday 19 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225008073
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Enquiry into Harlequin's death and Goodwin's committal
    26 Apr 1841 – 26 May 1841 — death in custody; enquiry; committal
    An enquiry into the circumstances of Harlequin's death ended with mounted police trooper Goodwin being committed for trial.
    Sources
    • PORT PHILLIP. Free Press and Commercial Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1841), Wednesday 26 May 1841, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228246556

Mentions of person in sources

  • Harlequin
    19 Nov 1840
    “Thomas Conock and Michael Goodwin, two of the Mounted Police, were indicted for the manslaughter of the aborigine named Harlequin, the imputation being, that in consequence of their ill-treatment to this native whilst conducting him as a prisoner charged with murder, he had met his death.”
    Source: SUPREME COURT. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Wednesday 19 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225008073
  • Harlequin
    26 Nov 1840
    “The Mounted Police. — The enquiry relative to the circumstances attendant on the death of the black fellow, Harlequin, who was brought from the Goulburn by mounted police trooper Goodwin, has terminated in the committal of Goodwin for trial, the magistrates considering that the best method to arrive at a proper elucidation of the merits of the case.”
    Source: PORT PHILLIP. Free Press and Commercial Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1841), Wednesday 26 May 1841, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228246556
  • Harlequin
    6 Dec 1840
    “on the 6th of December last; I was in charge of the watch-house, during the temporary absence of the watch-house keeper ; I have frequently had charge of the watch-house ; on that day, the prisoners at the bar, brought in a native called Harlequin; this was between two and four o'clock when I received him in charge;”
    Source: SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin
    7 Dec 1840
    “Dr. Cussen, deposed— I am Assistant Colonial Surgeon ; I remember perfectly the 6th of December last year; I attended the watch-house that day, between the hours of five and six o'clock, to visit a black man that had recently been brought in from the interior, by the mounted police; his name was Harlequin ;”
    Source: SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209
  • Harlequin
    9 Dec 1840
    “Dr. Cussen, deposed— I am Assistant Colonial Surgeon ; I remember perfectly the 6th of December last year; I attended the watch-house that day, between the hours of five and six o'clock, to visit a black man that had recently been brought in from the interior, by the mounted police; his name was Harlequin ;”
    Source: SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209