Original Documents on Aborigines and Law, 1797-1840
Index to Aboriginal documents
Aboriginal defendant
Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ; Document 46 ; Document 47; Document 52 ; Document 62 ;Document 48 ; Document 108.
Aboriginal defendant, offence against another Aborigine
Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ; Document 46 ; Document 47; Document 52 ; Document 62 ;Document 48.
Aboriginal defendant, self-defence of land
Aboriginal evidence
Document 25 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ; Document 46 ; Document 47; Document 52 ; Document 73 ;Document 87 ; Document 105 ; Document 106 ; Document 107 ; Document 48.
Aboriginal land rights
Document 6 ; Document 37 ; Document 47 ; Document 48.
Aboriginal law, recognition of
Document 6 ; Document 35 ; Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ; Document 46 ; Document 47;Document 52 ; Document 56 ; Document 73 ; Document 48, Document 108.
Aborigines, reward for capture of
Aboriginal trackers
Aborigines, appearance of
Aborigines, attack by
Document 1 ; Document 2 ; Document 3 ; Document 4a ; Document 6 ; Document 10 ; Document 12 ; Document 14 ; Document 16 ;Document 33 ; Document 55 ; Document 55a ; Document 60 ; Document 71.
Aborigines, attacks on
Aborigines, attack on property
Aborigines, census of
Aborigines, character of
Document 6 ; Document 11 ; Document 19 ; Document 21 ; Document 25 ; Document 52 ; Document 55 ; Document 55a ; Document 56 ;Document 65 ; Document 73 ; Document 83 ; Document 85 ; Document 107 ; Document 68a ; Document 70 ; Document 71 ; Document 108.
Aborigines, "civilisation" of
Document 5 ; Document 10 ; Document 53 ; Document 73 ; Document 85 ; Document 68a ; Document 70 ; Document 71 ; Document 81 ;Document 108.
Aborigines, complaints about
Document 19 ; Document 22 ; Document 25 ; Document 30 ; Document 31 ; Document 32.
Aborigines, conviction of
Aborigines, languages of
Document 52 ; Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838; Document 108.
Aborigines, education of children
Document 5; Document 68a ; Document 71 ; Document 81; Document 108.
Aborigines, good relationship with
Aborigines, harbouring
Aborigines, healing practices of
Aborigines, help police
Document 2 ; Document 54 ; Document 70.
Aborigines, interpretation and translation
Document 2 ; Document 35 ; Document 52 ; Document 105 ; Document 39 ; Document 108.
Aborigines, investigations of
Aborigines, kidnapping white children by
Aborigines, killing by (see murder)
Document 4 ; Document 10 ; Document 35a ; Document 36 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 46 ; Document 52 ;Document 55 ; Document 55a ; Document 61 ; Document 62 ; Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838 ;Document 50 ; Document 108.
Aborigines, killing of (see murder)
Document 6 ; Document 10 ; Document 14 ; Document 15 ; Document 15a ; Document 15b ; Document 18 ; Document 33 ; Document 66 ;Document 74 ; Document 83 ; Document 87 ; Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838 ; Document 50 ;Document 108.
Aborigines, legal status
Document 5 ; Document 6 ; Document 8 ; Document 35 ; Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ;Document 46 ; Document 47 ; Document 56 ; Document 62 ; Document 85 ; Document 87 ; Document 102a ; Document 105 ; Document 106 ; Document 107 ; Document 48 ; Document 50 ; Document 70 ; Document 108.
Aborigines, massacres of
Document 14 ; Document 15 ; Document 15a ; Document 15b ; Document 27 ; Document 27a ; Document 27b ; Document 56 ; Document 74 ; Document 103 ; Document 103a ; Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838.
Aborigines, mission to
Document 37 ; Document 52 ; Document 53 ; Document 56 ; Document 58 ; Document 63 ; Document 65 ; Document 68a ; Document 70 ;Document 67 ; Document 108.
Aborigines, Protectors of
Document 1 ; Document 2 ; Document 35 ; Document 73 ; Document 106 ; Document 107 ; Document 70.
Aborigines, religious beliefs of
Aborigines, religious conversion of
Document 35 ; Document 52 ; Document 53 ; Document 54 ; Document 56 ; Document 58 ; Document 65 ; Document 103 ; Document 105 ;Document 68a ; Document 70; Document 81
Aborigines, rituals of
Aborigines, stealing by (see also robbery)
Document 8 ; Document 10 ; Document 12 ; Document 30 ; Document 31 ; Document 32.
Aborigines, stolen generations
Aborigines, tracking by
Aborigines, tracking of
Document 32a ; Document 33 ; Document 83.
Aborigines, threat of incarceration
Aborigines, threat of violence
Aborigines, whites assisting attacks by
Aborigines, women
Document 66 ; Document 83 ; Document 70.
alcohol, attitude towards
animals, damage to (or attacks on)
Document 22 ; Document 102 ; Document 103 ; Document 50.
appeal, stay of execution
appeals, criminal
appeals, fresh evidence
assault
Australian spelling book
Document 52 ; Document 39.
Bench of Magistrates
Brooks, W Esq.
Document 30 ; Document 31 ; Document 32.
Bummery (an Aborigine)
Bungaree
Berry, Alexander
Burton J., ambitions of
Burton J., attitude to Aborigines
Document 46 ; Document 47 ; Document 87 ; Document 105 ; Document 48.
bushrangers
capital punishment
capital punishment, aborigine
capital punishment, attitude to
capital punishment, first native born executed
Catholicism
convict discipline
convict discipline, legal limits on
convict escape
convict escape, assisting
convict escape, assisting, penalty
convict service
convicts, harbouring
convicts, murder by
calling witnesses
delegation of power to settlers
Document 1 ; Document 2 ; Document 4 ; Document 12 ; Document 32.
domestic violence
domestic violence, among Aborigines
Document 83 ; Document 85 ; Document 108.
Dowling J., appointed Acting Chief Justice
drunkenness
emancipists (see also felony attaint, right to sit on jury)
emancipists, right to sit on jury (see also felony attaint, right to sit on jury)
evidence (see also Aboriginal evidence; convict evidence)
Document 36 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 47 ; Document 52 ; Document 87 ; Document 48.
evidence, interpreter
Forbes CJ
frontier law
Georges River
Governors' law making powers
Governors' Orders/Proclamations, validity
Gunther, James
Hawkesbury River
Document 1 ; Document 3 ; Document 6 ; Document 102a.
Hunter River
Document 12 ; Document 15 ; Document 15a ; Document 15b ; Document 16 ; Document 18 ; Document 22; Document 30 ; Document 31 ;Document 32 ; Document 33 ; Document 56 ; Document 102a.
intoxication (see drunkenness)
jury trial (see trial by jury)
Kilmeister Case
Kinchela J., appointment of
Liverpool Plains
Document 27 ; Document 27a ; Document 27b ; Document 74.
Lowe Decision
Document 10 ; Document 14 ; Document 15 ; Document 15a ; Document 15b ; Document 18.
martial law
Macquarie , Governor Lachlan
missions
Document 37 ; Document 52 ; Document 53 ; Document 56 ; Document 63 ; Document 64 ; Document 65 ; Document 103a ; Document 104; Document 108.
Mosquito (Aboriginal)
murder
Document 14 ; Document 35a ; Document 36 ; Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 46 ; Document 52 ;Document 55 ; Document 55a ; Document 60 ; Document 61 ; Document 62 ; Document 66 ; Document 74 ; Document 83 ; Document 87 ;Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838; Document 50.
murder, by police
Murrell, Jack Congo (a.k. Murrill, Murral) an Aborigine
Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ; Document 46 ; Document 52.
Myall Creek
Document 27 ; Document 27a ; Document 27b ; Document 87.
Myall Creek massacre
Document 27 ; Document 27a ; Document 27b ; Document 87 ; Document 103.
natural justice
newspaper reporting
New Zealand
Document 83a ; Document 108.
Nunn, Major
Pacific Islands
Parramatta
Patrick Plains
Document 8 ; Document 15b ; Document 25 ; Document 74.
police uniforms
police, appointment of
Document 54 ; Document 65 ; Document 70.
police, conduct of
police corps, Aborigine
Document 54 ; Document 65 ; Document 70.
Port Phillip
Document 53; Document 63 ; Document 74 ; Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838.
rape (sexual assault on child)
rape, attempted
reception of English law
Document 6 ; Document 10 ; Document 35 ; Document 41 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ; Document 46 ; Document 47 ; Document 52 ;Document 56 ; Document 73 ; Document 102a ; Document 105 ; Document 48 ; Document 50 ; Document 70.
reception of English law, attitude of Burton J.
reception of English law, evidence
reception of English law, interpreting
religion
religion, influence of
reward
robbery (see also stealing, Aborigines ; stealing cattle; stealing crops ; stealing sheep)
Document 8 ; Document 10 ; Document 12 ; Document 30 ; Document 31 ; Document 32.
Robertson, Gilbert
schools (see also education law)
Scott, Robert Esq.
Document 11 ; Document 12 ; Document 14 ; Document 15 ; Document 15a ; Document 15b ; Document 16 ; Document 18 ; Document 19 ;Document 23 ; Document 25 ; Document 27 ; Document 27a ; Document 27b ; Document 30 ; Document 32 ; Document 33 ; Document 38 ;Document 55 ; Document 55a ; Document 102 ; Document 102a.
security on cattle
Document 22 ; Document 50 ; Document 55 ; Document 55a ; Document 56.
separation of powers
Shoalhaven
shooting
Document 15 ; Document 16 ; Document 18 ; Document 38 ; Document 50.
squatting
squatting, Aboriginal reaction to
stealing, cattle
stealing, crops
Document 30 ; Document 31 ; Document 32.
stealing, sheep
Stephen, Sir Alfred
Sydney Gazette
Tahiti
Temple , Sergeant
terra nullius
Document 3 ; Document 5 ; Document 6 ; Document 37 ; Document 41 ; Document 42 ; Document 43 ; Document 45 ; Document 45a ;Document 46 ; Document 47 ; Document 48 ; Document 52 ; Document 106 ; Document 107.
Threlkeld, Rev Lancelot E
Document 35a ; Document 41 ; Document 52 ; Document 56 ; Document 58 ; Document 62 ; Document 65 ; Document 66 ; Document 74 ;Document 103 ; Document 103a.
trial by jury (see also Grand Jury; juror; jury)
Van Diemen's Land
Document 4a ; Speech of G. A. Robinson Esq. Commandmant of Flinders' Island, 1838.
wages
wages, failure to pay
Wallis Plains
Document 8 ; Document 14 ; Document 15b ; Document 27 ; Document 27a ; Document 27b.
Wellington Valley mission
Windsor
Witnesses
Witticomb, William