Holland

Events

  • Escape of detainees from Mr. Rattenbury's store
    11 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.
    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 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 PHILLIP. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28652699
    • NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Monday 2 November 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12866311
    • PORT PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836
    • Port Phillip. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843), Thursday 29 October 1840, page 4 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31729652
    • Port Phillip. Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32186095

Mentions of person in sources

  • a ticket-of-leave man named Holland
    3 May 1840
    “When the Blacks effected their escape the watch was kept by Constable Mann, assisted by a ticket-of-leave man named Holland, who had been pressed into the service on the previous evening.”
    Source: PORT PHILIP. Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Tuesday 3 November 1840, page 3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31725836
  • Holland
    18 Oct 1840
    “When the military arrived the blacks were still escaping through the breach in the doorway. Corporal Jenning of the 28th regiment who was first, fired his piece right into the midst of the throng, but not according to his own statement, until he had attempted to drive the blacks back with his bayonet; this portion of his evidence, however is contradicted by that of the man Holland who states that the corporal fired right into the doorway as soon as he came up to the store.”
    Source: NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Monday 2 November 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12866311