Pingerrie, aka Monkey (Tracker)
Events
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23 Apr 1862 — Between Fowler’s Bay and Cooeyanna Police stationMeendinya and Meenbinya arrested by Police Trooper Morris on suspicion of having murdered a hutkeeper named Sheppard at Fowler’ Bay in 1859. While transporting the prisoners to Cooeyanna Police station Meendinya, while resisting the Trooper, was shot and 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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Pingerrie, aka Monkey (Tracker)
23 Apr 1862Source: 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