This report is the summary of Commissioner Bigge's findings on the judicial systems in the colonies of NSW and Van Dieman's land, commissioned by the Earl of Bathurst. 

Bigge, John Thomas, Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry on the Judicial Establishments of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, House of Commons (21 February 1823)

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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Bigge, John Thomas, Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry on the Judicial Establishments of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, House of Commons (21 February 1823)

Frontier wars and the legal system