Constable
William H GOLDWYER
YEAR OF DEATH
1864
JURISDICTION
Western Australia
DETAILS OF DEATH
On the 19th of October 1864, Constable Goldwyer, Inspector Frederick Panter and J. Harding (Manager of the Settler’s Association), set off on a short expedition inland from Beagle Bay. Two and half weeks later, they camped near Lake Ingedama at La Grange, near Broome, where they were ambushed and speared to death by Aborigines.