This is an employment law case between William Hobbs, former superintendent of the Myall Creek station and Henry Dangar, owner of the station, following the termination of Mr Hobbs employment. 

Hobbs v Dangar [1839] NSWSupC 18

As the colony continued to expand, Britain instructed NSW Governors that the law should protect Aboriginal people. This often did not happen. The prosecution and execution of the seven men responsible for the Myall Creek massacre was an exception, and happened partly because some white colonists were prepared to give...