Wilginia (aka Sambo)
Events
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15 Dec 1876 — Yantanabie stationStation worker, William Knox, killed by Aboriginal man, Winginia, in a fight. The motive was the Europeans refusal to satisfactorily recompense Wilginia for having sex with his wife.
(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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Wilginia (aka Sambo)
15 Dec 1876Source: 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