Mr. Jamieson

Events

  • Gunia Kurnai raid on Mr. Jamieson's station at Western Port
    24 Apr 1840 – 24 Oct 1840 — Western Port — raid; theft
    A party of Aboriginal people from Gipps' Land made a descent upon Western Port and ransacked Mr. Jamieson's hut, taking a silver watch and other articles.
    Sources
    • PORT PHILLIP. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28652699
    • PORT PHILLIP. (1840, October 27). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866210

Mentions of person in sources

  • Mr. Jamieson
    24 Apr 1840
    “The savages, who seemed never before to have come into contact with white men, surrounded Mr. Jamieson's hut, and while one portion of their number kept him prisoner the others ransacked the place, scattering the tea, sugar, powder, &c. about them as useless, and carrying off with them a silver watch and various other articles.”
    Source: PORT PHILLIP. Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), Saturday 24 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28652699
  • Mr. Jamieson
    “Failing in finding any blacks, they attacked Mr. Jamieson's station, one party bailing up his men, whilst the others came to his own residence which they ransacked, carrying off with them a watch and a quantity of jewelery, and destroying every thing of which they could not discover the use, including damper, sugar, tea, powder, &c. &c.”
    Source: PORT PHILLIP. (1840, October 27). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12866210