Slattery

Events

  • 26 Nov 1840 – 26 May 1841 — Campaspe Creek — killing; mutilation
    The Border Police found Slattery's body near Campaspe Creek; it had been stripped and speared repeatedly. (location is general area of Bennett's runs, not precise)
    Sources
    • PORT PHILLIP. Free Press and Commercial Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1841), Wednesday 26 May 1841, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228246556

Mentions of person in sources

  • Slattery
    26 Nov 1840
    “The Border Police were out in quest of the murderers, and information of this incident being communicated to them they proceeded in search of the body, which was found near the Campaspe Creek; the body was stripped naked, and had been pierced with not fewer than seven spears, one of which was jagged with glass, and the head was split open, evidently from a blow of a tomahawk.”
    Source: PORT PHILLIP. Free Press and Commercial Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1841), Wednesday 26 May 1841, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228246556