This article reports on several news items in Sydney, including the execution of John Kirby for the murder of an Aboriginal man. 

'Sydney' The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (23 December 1820) 3

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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'Sydney' The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (23 December 1820) 3

Frontier wars and the legal system