tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34598853.post9171506337180976410..comments2023-12-30T01:47:45.604-08:00Comments on servethepeople: Black Armband 3: Aftermath of the Maria massacreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34598853.post-8687464247125607002009-04-10T13:13:00.000-07:002009-04-10T13:13:00.000-07:00You state that "A punitive force under Major O’Hal...You state that "A punitive force under Major O’Halloran, the Commissioner of Police, was despatched under orders from the colonial Governor, George Gawler to “make prisoners the whole"<BR/><BR/>The history sites refer to many authorities that clearly state: ..."that before the Major reached the site he was recalled due to Gawler's replacement on the 10/4/1841". - - He did return under the instructions of the new governor Grey much later. I think you have cast Gawler in the role of villian for the dreadful act perpitrated by Major O'Halloran when under the command of Grey. <BR/>Peter Tyler U.K. A student of South Australian historyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06271992295925539439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34598853.post-44189187766104279732008-03-06T20:34:00.000-08:002008-03-06T20:34:00.000-08:00The 'Maria' was no lost on a voyage from Hobart to...The 'Maria' was no lost on a voyage from Hobart to Adelaide. It was on it's return voyage from Port Adelaide to Hobart from when it departed on 26 June, 1840 when it was shipwrecked on the Coorong. Passengers who were subsequently murdered had intentions of re-settling in Hobart Town.Margaret Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517010400297608352noreply@blogger.com