Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre

by Jane Lydon

The 1838 Myall Creek Massacre is remembered for the brutality of the crime committed by white settlers against innocent Aboriginal men, women and children, but also because eleven of the twelve assassins were arrested and brought to trial. Amid tremendous controversy, seven were hanged. Myall Creek was not the last time the colonial administration sought to apply the law equally to Aboriginal people and settlers, but it was the last time perpetrators...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742235751
• ISBN13: 9781742235752
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"