In the Name of the Law by Robert Foster

In the Name of the Law by Robert Foster

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Type
Paperback
Author
Foster Robert
Dimensions
h234mm x w156mm
Weight
420g
ISBN
9781862547483
Published
June 15, 2007
Publisher
Wakefield Press
Number of Pages
258
Category
Australian History Biography Latest Releases (New) Non Fiction Non-Fiction
Stock
In stock
About

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 in colonial Australia on the eve of Federation.

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