In the Name of the Law
William Willshire and the Policing of the Australian Frontier
$45.24
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2007
Summary
Mounted Constable William Willshire commanded a corps of Native Police in Central Australia during the 1880s. Notorious for the violence of his patrols, he was eventually tried in 1891 for the murder of two Aboriginal men, and was posted to an even more remote frontier in the Top End. During his time in the Territory, Willshire wrote of his experiences in several extraordinary memoirs. Part murder mystery and part courtroom drama, his story illuminates unfolding issues of race and nationalism…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781862547483 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1862547483 |
| Author: | Amanda Nettelbeck, Robert Foster |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Amanda Nettelbeck
Amanda Nettelbeck is Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide. Her previous co-authored books, also published by Wakefield Press, are Fatal Collisions: The South Australian frontier and the violence of memory (with Rick Hosking, 2001) and In the Name of the Law: William Willshire and the policing of the Australian frontier (2007). Robert Foster is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide. Robert works especially in the area of Australian and comparative Indigenous History.
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