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About this book
One of the most shocking murder trials in Australia's legal history, and the tribulations of the prosecutor who conducted it.
In 1838, eleven convicts and former convicts were put on trial for the brutal murder of 28 Aboriginal men, women and children at Myall Creek in northern New South Wales. The trial created an enormous amount of controversy because it was almost unknown for Europeans to be charged with the murder of Aborigines. It would become the most serious trial of mass murder in Australia’s history.
The trial’s prosecutor was the Attorney General of New South Wales, John Hubert Plunkett. It proved to be Plunkett’s greatest test, as it pitted his forensic brilliance and his belief in equality before the law against the combined forces of the free settlers, the squatters, the military, the emancipists, the newspapers, and even the convict population.
From the bestselling author of Kidnapped and Eugenia, Murder at Myall Creek follows the journey of the man who arguably achieved more for modern-day civil rights in Australia than anyone else before or since.
Praise for Murder at Myall Creek
'A deeply moving account.' Peter FitzSimons
'Fascinating reading.' Weekend Australian
'A considered and elegant work.' Books+Publishing
In 1838, eleven convicts and former convicts were put on trial for the brutal murder of 28 Aboriginal men, women and children at Myall Creek in northern New South Wales. The trial created an enormous amount of controversy because it was almost unknown for Europeans to be charged with the murder of Aborigines. It would become the most serious trial of mass murder in Australia’s history.
The trial’s prosecutor was the Attorney General of New South Wales, John Hubert Plunkett. It proved to be Plunkett’s greatest test, as it pitted his forensic brilliance and his belief in equality before the law against the combined forces of the free settlers, the squatters, the military, the emancipists, the newspapers, and even the convict population.
From the bestselling author of Kidnapped and Eugenia, Murder at Myall Creek follows the journey of the man who arguably achieved more for modern-day civil rights in Australia than anyone else before or since.
Praise for Murder at Myall Creek
'A deeply moving account.' Peter FitzSimons
'Fascinating reading.' Weekend Australian
'A considered and elegant work.' Books+Publishing
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1. Verdict
- 2. Early years
- 3. Juries, oaths and witnesses
- 4. Magistrates, bushrangers and the lash
- 5. Church and state
- 6. Sanctuary
- 7. The big bushwhack
- 8. Day’s diligence
- 9. Dangar’s dilemma
- 10. Trial
- 11. An offer refused
- 12. Retrial
- 13. Consequences
- 14. Leave, London and the end of transportation
- 15. Public education, Sisters of Charity and the incident of the Bible
- 16. Dichotomous and deathly debates
- 17. Self-government and a slow decline
- 18. Legacies
- 19. A different chalice
- Photographs
- About the Author
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Copyright