In the Name of the Law
william willshire and the policing of the australian frontier
$39.83
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2007
Summary
In the Name of the Law: A Constable’s Frontier Justice
Mounted Constable William Willshire led a Native Police unit in Central Australia in the 1880s. His patrols were known for their brutality, leading to his trial in 1891 for the murder of two Aboriginal men. Despite the trial, he was reassigned to an isolated outpost in the Top End.
While in the Territory, Willshire documented his life in a series of remarkable memoirs. This story, a blend of murder mystery and courtroom …
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: | 15 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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