Escape of detainees from Mr. Rattenbury's store

Date: 11 Oct 1840
Pastoral station: Mr. Rattenbury's newly erected store
Event type: escape; detention
Direct violence: No
Some thirty or forty Aboriginal men escaped during the night from the newly erected store by undermining the foundation and crawling through a hole.

People involved

Sources

  • DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2546927
  • THE BLACKS. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Wednesday 14 October 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225005950
  • PORT PHILLIP. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28652699
  • Port Phillip. Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32186095
  • PORT PHILLIP EXTRACTS. Commercial Journal and Advertiser (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Wednesday 28 October 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226456914
  • PORT PHILLIP EXTRACTS. Tasmanian Weekly Dispatch (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1839 - 1841), Friday 30 October 1840, page 6 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233619804
  • PORT PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836
  • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Monday 2 November 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12866311
  • Port Phillip. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843), Thursday 29 October 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31729652

Event mentions

  • Escape from Mr. Rattenbury's store
    14 Apr 1840 – 14 Oct 1840 — Mr. Rattenbury's store — escape; detention
    About thirty or forty Aboriginal men escaped from the store during the night by undermining the foundation and using a ruse.
    People: some thirty or forty of the men | two constables
    Source: THE BLACKS. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Wednesday 14 October 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225005950
  • Escape of detainees from Mr. Rattenbury's store
    24 Apr 1840 – 24 Oct 1840 — escape; detention
    Some thirty or forty Aboriginal men escaped during the night from the newly erected store by undermining the foundation and crawling through a hole.
    People: some thirty or forty of the men
    Source: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2546927
  • Escape of Aboriginal prisoners from the store
    24 Apr 1840 – 24 Oct 1840 — escape
    Some thirty or forty Aboriginal men escaped overnight from Mr. Rattenbury's store by undermining the foundation and crawling through a hole.
    People: some thirty or forty of the men | the men | the constables
    Source: PORT PHILLIP. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28652699
  • Escape from Government store with killing and wounding
    24 Apr 1840 – 24 Oct 1840 — new Government store, Melbourne — escape; killing; wounding
    Aboriginal prisoners in the new Government store broke out during the night; one was killed and another wounded while trying to escape.
    People: the blacks imprisoned in the new Government store | one of the blacks | another
    Source: Port Phillip. Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32186095
  • Escape from Mr. Rattenbury's store and shooting of ringleader
    28 Apr 1840 – 28 Oct 1840 — escape; killing
    Some thirty or forty Aboriginal men escaped from Mr. Rattenbury's store during the night by undermining the store wall and crawling through a hole. and one of the constables shot and killed the ringleader when a rush was made towards the entrance.
    People: some thirty or forty of the men | One of the constables | the ringleader
    Source: PORT PHILLIP EXTRACTS. Commercial Journal and Advertiser (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Wednesday 28 October 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226456914
  • Escape from Mr. Rattenbury's store
    30 Apr 1840 – 30 Oct 1840 — Mr. Rattenbury's store — escape; detention
    About thirty or forty Aboriginal men escaped during the night from the store where they were being held under two constables.
    People: some thirty or forty of the men | two constables
    Source: PORT PHILLIP EXTRACTS. Tasmanian Weekly Dispatch (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1839 - 1841), Friday 30 October 1840, page 6 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233619804
  • Aboriginal prisoners escaped from custody
    3 May 1840 – 3 Nov 1840 — escape from custody
    Aboriginal prisoners escaped from the unfinished building in custody.
    People: the Blacks | Constable Mann | a ticket-of-leave man named Holland
    Source: PORT PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836
  • Escape attempt from the government store
    18 Oct 1840 — Melbourne — escape; pursuit; gunfire
    Aboriginal prisoners tried to escape from the government store by rushing toward the door and tearing down the boarding; Holland and Mann fired at the fugitives.
    People: several blacks | Holland | Mann
    Source: NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Monday 2 November 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12866311
  • Escape from the government store
    26 Oct 1840 — Melbourne — escape; imprisonment
    Aboriginal prisoners excavated under the foundation of the new Government store and some escaped.
    People: the blacks imprisoned in the new Government store
    Source: Port Phillip. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843), Thursday 29 October 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31729652