Title 1842 the public executions at Melbourne / compiled by Ian MacFarlane

Published Melbourne : Victorian Government Printing Office, 1984

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Description viii, 101 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm Summary Trial and execution of Bob and Jack - The Whalers Case (involvement of Truganini) and Roger (Figara Alkepurata, or Allipute) - The Codd Case; Racial murders in Port Phillip area set in the background of colonial history and Aboriginal/white relations; government policy, roles of Governor Gipps, Superintendent La Trobe, Protector G.A. Robinson, Asst. Protector Sievewright, Justice J. Willis and counsel R. Barry; British jurisdiction and Bonjon and Bolden cases; Mustons Creek massacre Notes At head of title: Public Record Office, Victoria Cover subtitle: the full story of the capture, trial and hanging of bushrangers & Aborigines as disclosed in official documents never before published Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 92-95 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History. Capital punishment -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History. Capital punishment -- Wales -- Melbourne -- History Criminal justice, Administration of -- Victoria -- Melbourne Criminals -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 19th century. Executions and executioners -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History. Hanging. Public executions -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History. Author Victoria. Public Record Office. Victorian Government Printing Office LC no. 85180736 ISBN 0724182942

Other Titles Eighteen forty-two the public executions at Melbourne

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