Witness to frontier violence: an aboriginal boy before the Supreme Court
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Article Title | Witness to frontier violence: an aboriginal boy before the Supreme Court |
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ERA Journal ID | 6873 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Connors, Libby |
Journal Title | Australian Historical Studies |
Journal Citation | 42 (2), pp. 230-243 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1031-461X |
1940-5049 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2010.529920 |
Abstract | In October 1846 a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy witnessed a large scale Aboriginal attack on a station north of Brisbane. Although he survived the attack, the boy had the terrifying experience of observing the brutal killings of his employer and acting guardian and a female station worker. From the very next day he was called upon to relive the attack for the inquest and between 1846 and 1854 he was a material witness, and in some cases the only witness, in one coronial inquest, three committal hearings and three Supreme Court trials of Indigenous men for attacks on Europeans. This paper reveals how colonial law was effectively manipulated to suit frontier interests in these years. |
Keywords | colonial law; frontier history; colonial childhood; Supreme Court history |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 450107. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history |
489999. Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified | |
430302. Australian history | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0wqw/witness-to-frontier-violence-an-aboriginal-boy-before-the-supreme-court
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