Unit Id Item Date Range Description 1 Description 2 Description 3 Description 4 Description 5
17 Item 19 Jan 1861 - 13 Jun 1861 File 394/1861 John Mudge, PT, Fowlers Bay: Reporting murder of shepherd Gustav Theodore Bergqvist by natives at Fowlers Bay.
17 Item 01 Jan 1861 - 31 Dec 1861 File 1008/1861 R.S. Smyth, Police Trooper, Wellington Police Station: Suspected murder of native Mason's Bob on Poltalloch Station reported by Alexander Tolmer. Native named Wilson arrested on suspicion but later released when death was judged from natural causes.
17 Item 01 Jan 1861 - 01 Jan 1861 File 423/1861 Native woman named 'Willart' alias Eliza of Anlaby. Required to give evidence at trial of Natives charged with murder of Mrs Rainbird and children, near Kapunda.
18 Item - File 173/1862
18 Item 03 Jun 1862 - 03 Jun 1862 File 626/1862 Telegram from L.C. Rollison reporting return of wilful murder against Malachi Martin at inquest (Jane MacNanamin).
18 Item 12 Jun 1862 - 12 Jun 1862 File 678/1862 Major Warburton, Commissioner of Police: Re collection of evidence in the Salt Creek murder (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 21 Jul 1862 - 21 Jul 1862 File 856/1862 Major Warburton, Commissioner of Police: Memo re inquiries re allegation Malachi Martin murdered a black boy.
18 Item - File 384/1862
18 Item 19 May 1862 - 23 May 1862 File 583 and a half/1862 T.D. Smeaton: Seeking to draw Police attention to natives camped in the north Park Lands being badgered "worse than wild beasts" by a set of idle lads, and to prevent gambling on Sundays and the natives being supplied with drink. Commissioner comments on need for even handedness in dealing with European and native alike. Also refers to a native encampment on the Police Paddock near the Barracks. Includes CLI 882/1862.
18 Item 30 Jun 1862 - 02 Jul 1862 File 754/1862 Crown Solicitor: Regina v Martin. Identification of Jane MacNanamin's rings by Mrs Burford (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 19 Jul 1862 - 19 Jul 1862 File 844/1862 Attorney General: Instruction re evidence concerning Jane MacNanamin's boots given to Aborigines (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 29 May 1862 - 31 May 1862 File 604/1862 Telegram from P.T. Foelsche stating servant girl supposedly lost has been found dead (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 16 Jun 1862 - 16 Jun 1862 File 689/1862 Major Warburton, Commissioner of Police: Exhumation and examination by doctor of the body of Jane MacNanamin, and rings and parasol of same (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 15 Jul 1862 - 19 Jul 1862 File 836/1862 L.C. Rollison, Police Station, Wellington. Report re investigation into history of the flour bag in which Jane MacNanmin's body was buried, and identification of her parasol (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 01 Jan 1862 - 01 Jan 1862 File 66/1862 Curator of Intestate Estates: Re James Gibbons, Deceased.
18 Item 14 Jun 1862 - 15 Jul 1862 File 812/1862 Corporal Besley, Overland Corner Police Station: Reporting suspected infanticide of half-caste female child of Jane alias Mrs Moody on Disher's Island. Father James Munn, Shepherd at Liatre (Littra?). Also comments on the practice of infanticide in Aboriginal culture.
18 Item 07 May 1862 - 09 May 1862 File 513/1862 L.C. Rollison, Police Station, Wellington: Reporting disappearance of servant girl Jane MacNanamin from house of Malachi Martin, Salt Creek, Coorong.
18 Item 14 Jun 1862 - 17 Jun 1862 File 688/1862 L.C. Rollison, Police Station, Wellington: Re property of Jane MacNanamin given by Malachi Martin to his wife.
18 Item 23 Jun 1863 - 23 Jun 1863 File 713/1862 M. O'Reilly, Robe per J. Boucaut, Adelaide: Enquiring if the Government will take care of the property of Jane MacNanamin (Malachi Martin case).
18 Item 11 Jul 1862 - 11 Jul 1862 File 810/1862 L.C. Rollison, Police Station, Wellington: Evidence of witnesses as to the movements of Malachi Martin and Jane MacNanamin.