Taungurung people in Wadawurrung country force sea pilots to leave at spear point

Date: 17 Oct 1840
Place: the pilot's station, down at the heads
Event type: threat
Direct violence: No
Two Aboriginal people from the Goulbourn tribe threatened the pilots at the station and said they would bring more men and spear them to death.

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Sources

  • PORT PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836

Event mentions

  • Threat at the pilot's station
    17 Oct 1840 — the pilot's station, down at the heads — threat
    Two Aboriginal people from the Goulbourn tribe threatened the pilots at the station and said they would bring more men and spear them to death.
    People: two blacks of the Goulbourn tribe | the pilots
    Source: PORT PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836