This is a despatch from Governor Gipps to Lord Glenelg dated 27 April 1838.This is a transcript of the original despatch.

Despatch from Governor Gipps to Lord Glenelg dated 27 April 1838 in Historical Records of Australia, Series 1, vol. 19 (July 1837 - January 1839), 399-400

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...