Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Henry

Various reports of this incident give different dates. What is known is that the Henry ran aground near Cape Voltaire around these dates. The Captain, Henry Scott and another person named Pascoe walked to Cape Leveque for assistance. Four crew members were left behind and during the time the captain was away, two of them had set off for Kununya Mission. On their way they met up with some Aboriginals with whom they had a disagreement. According to Wadi Karawarra, an eye witness, the white men burnt the Aboriginal’s humpie and threw their spears on the fire. The elders of the group got angry and beat the two men to death. When the police caught up with the tribe, Wadi and another man called Dinjadna told the police that they had done the killing, to protect the old men from going to prison. In the end they were aquitted of the murders due to their youth or lack of evidence and eventually both became police trackers.

Associated Tribe Wunambul

Contact Evidence Verified

Type of contact Confrontational

Year 1929

Location Cape Voltaire

Source European