This document contains a despatch from Governor Hunter to The Duke of Portland. It includes the Enclosure 'Encouragement to Constables' (page 567)This is a transcript of the despatch.

Despatch from Governor Hunter to The Duke of Portland dated 30 April 1796, in Historical Records of Australia Series 1, vol.1 (1788 - 1796), 566-567

As the colonial legal system developed in the early years of the New South Wales colony, its application to Aboriginal people was inconsistent. There were different approaches to the question of whether Aboriginal people could be tried under the law or were protected by the law.

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Despatch from Governor Hunter to The Duke of Portland dated 30 April 1796, in Historical Records of Australia Series 1, vol.1 (1788 - 1796), 566-567

Frontier wars and the legal system