When the first fleet landed in NSW they brought with them English law. But sophisticated systems of law already existed in Australia - namely, Aboriginal customary law. Covering the period 1788 to 1888, this book charts the gradual replacement of this customary law by 'whitefella law' as white settlement progressed and settlers exerted their sovereignty over the land and its peoples. It details how Aborigines were made 'amenable' to English law, after...
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