Miscellaneous papers relating to Aborigines, ca. 1839-1871 - Page 22
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1853
New South Wales
Murders by Aborigines in the Northern districts
Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary and ordered by the Council to be printed 11 May 1853
Return to an Address from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, dated 27th July, 1852, praying that his Excellency the Governor General would be pleased to cause to be laid upon the table:-
"A Return shewing the number
"of Murders committed by the
"Aboriginal nations on the white
"population in the county of
"Stanley and Districts of Clarence
"and Darling Downs, Moreton,
"Burnett. Maranoa and Wide
"Bay; also the names and
"occupations of the sufferers, the
"dates on which the murders were
"committed and what steps have
"been taken to punish the offenders;-
"commencing from the 1st January
"1847, to the 31st December 1851."_