Piltawodli As Protector, he lived at
Piltawodli mission and camp for some years, working closely with the German
missionaries,
Christian Teichelmann and
Clamor Schürmann (and later
Samuel Klose), who learned and taught in the
Kaurna language. There is only one remaining page of Moorhouse's diary, containing several Kaurna
songlines not recorded elsewhere, but much information about the
Kaurna people has been gleaned from his reports and official correspondence. In July 1845, the whole site, including the school, was dismantled on the orders of Governor
George Grey, but their number remained small and Moorhouse re-purposed the schoolhouse as temporary accommodation for the Irish orphan girls who arrived in June 1849. The Native School closed in 1851, and became the nucleus of the
Destitute Asylum. The remaining children were taken to
Poonindie Mission at
Port Lincoln on the
Eyre Peninsula).
Rufus River Massacre In 1841, there was a dispute between European
overlanders and the Mataura people, a sub–group of the
Barkindji. The overlanders had been engaging in sexual relations with Barkindji women without giving the Barkindji the food and clothing that was promised in return. The report of Protector Moorhouse was largely supported by
James Collins Hawker.
Parliamentary career In January 1855 Moorhouse had the duties of comptroller of the
Destitute Poor Establishment, and superintendent of the
Female Immigrant Depot added to his responsibilities as Protector of Aborigines. He retired on 31 March 1856, and went to England, where he lectured on South Australia and promoted migration. He then visited North America, where he travelled extensively by railroad and investigated various systems of education. ==Later life==