Captured people held in yard behind hospital, while leaders identified.

Date: 11 Oct 1840
Place: Yard behind hospital
Event type: imprisonment
Direct violence: No
People captured in the Lettsom raid were held in a yard behind the hospital, while leaders identified and sent to jail.

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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

Event mentions

  • Captured people held in yard behind hospital, while leaders identified.
    14 Oct 1840 — town — imprisonment; detention
    The captured Aboriginal people were led into town, placed in a yard behind the Military Hospital, before being put in irons and deposited in the jail or locked up in Mr. Rattenbury's store.
    People: The remainder of the gang | the settlers | Jagga Jagga or Jacky Jacky | Billy Hamilton | The remainder | two constables
    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