Shooting of a ringleader at the store
When a small party rushed toward the store entrance, a constable fired his musket and killed the ringleader.
People involved
- Corporal Jenning
- Corporal Jennings — 28th regiment
- Mr. Rattenbury
- Wo-ondeek
Sources
- 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
- 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 PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836
- 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
- 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. Hobart Town Advertiser (Tas. : 1839 - 1861), Friday 30 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/264585546
- Port Phillip. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843), Thursday 29 October 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31729652
Event mentions
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Constable kills ringleader at store entrance14 Apr 1840 – 14 Oct 1840 — Mr. Rattenbury's store — killing; defensive shootingAt about two o'clock in the morning, one of the constables fired his musket at the ringleader at the store entrance and killed him.People: one of the constables | the ringleader | the blacks
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Shooting of the ringleader during escape24 Apr 1840 – 24 Oct 1840 — the newly erected store of Mr. Rattenbury, at the back of the new church — killing; escape attemptOne constable shot and killed an Aboriginal ringleader at the store entrance, ending the attempted escape.People: One of the constables | the ringleader
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Shooting of a ringleader at the store30 Apr 1840 – 30 Oct 1840 — Mr. Rattenbury's store — killingWhen a small party rushed toward the store entrance, a constable fired his musket and killed the ringleader.People: One of the constables
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Shooting of an Aboriginal man during escape3 May 1840 – 3 Nov 1840 — killing; shootingCorporal Jennings fired into the Aboriginal people at the doorway as they tried to escape, killing one man.People: corporal Jennings of 28th regiment | the blacks
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Shooting of ringleader during escape from store14 Oct 1840 — the newly erected store of Mr. Rattenbury, at the back of the new church — escape; killing; shootingDuring the night detention in Mr. Rattenbury's newly erected store, a constable shot and killed one of the Aboriginal people when a small group rushed the entrance during an escape attempt.People: some thirty or forty of the men | One of the constables | the ringleader
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Killing of Wo-ondeek at the store18 Oct 1840 — Melbourne — killingAfter the shot was fired, Wo-ondeek was found dead inside the store with a bullet wound and mangled body.People: Corporal Jenning | Wo-ondeek
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Killing and wounding at the Government Store escape26 Oct 1840 — new Government Store — escape; killing; woundingAt the new Government Store, Aboriginal people escaped by digging under the foundation; on the following morning one was killed and another wounded by musket fire.People: the blacks
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Killing of an Aboriginal prisoner during escape26 Oct 1840 — Melbourne — killing; wounding; escapeAn Aboriginal prisoner was killed and another wounded while trying to escape from the new Government store.People: one of the blacks | another