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    There were two trials following the Myall Creek massacre where Aboriginal people were killed. In the first trial, 11 men were found not guilty despite evidence. A second trial of 7 men charged them with murdering a child, where they were found guilty and executed by hanging, the first Europeans executed for the murder of Aboriginal people in Australia.

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    There were two trials following the Myall Creek massacre where Aboriginal people were killed. In the first trial, 11 men were found not guilty despite evidence. A second trial of 7 men charged them with murdering a child, where they were found guilty and executed by hanging, the first Europeans executed for the murder of Aboriginal people in Australia.

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    The Myall Creek trials (2)

    Handout 18

    There were two trials following the Myall Creek massacre.


    In the first trial 11 men were captured and charged with the murder of one of the
    Aboriginal men. Despite almost overwhelming evidence, they were found not guilty.
    The men had burnt the bodies and destroyed most of the evidence, but a childs rib
    bone was recovered. This could now be used as evidence for a new trial.

    The second trial


    The Attorney-General ordered a second trial. In this trial, only seven of the men were
    charged with the murder of a child unknown.
    After hearing the evidence, the jury delivered a verdict of guilty.
    Judge Burton said:
    Prisoners at the bar, you have been found guilty of the murder of men, women and
    children, and the law of the land says, whoever is guilty of murder shall suffer death.
    From the Sydney Herald 12/12/1838

    Responses to the verdict of the second trial


    The Sydney Monitor argued that the guilty men should be executed.
    The Sydney Herald argued that the guilty men ought not to be executed.
    The guilty men were, in fact, executed by hanging.
    The lives of the executed men might not have been sacrificed but for the Governments of this
    Colony who refused protection to settlers, and by this refusal give rise to massacre.
    Adapted from the Sydney Herald 26/12/1838

    A view of the execution from an Australian newspaper of the time.

    Discovering Democracy Upper Primary Units - The Law Rules

    Commonwealth of Australia 2002

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