This is a letter from Governor Gipps to Lord Glenelg about the decision not to prosecute four men.

Despatch from Governor Gipps to Lord Glenelg dated 26 February 1839 in Historical Records of Australia Series 1, vol 20 (February 1839 - September 1840), 39-40

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...