Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre edited by Jane Lydon and Lyndall Ryan

Book Description

Secondhand. Good. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamps on top and tail foredges. Stamps and partial date due slip on author bio page. Wear to book corners and edges, with all corners now protected with book tape. Body text and binding are still very good.

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. Still, it was the last time perpetrators of a massacre were convicted and hanged.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.