This article describes and criticises the reporting of The Sydney Herald relating to the trial of the Myall Creek massacre perpetrtors.

'The Sydney Herald' The Colonist (19 December 1838), 2

As the colony continued to expand, Britain instructed NSW Governors that the law should protect Aboriginal people. This often did not happen. The prosecution and execution of the seven men responsible for the Myall Creek massacre was an exception, and happened partly because some white colonists were prepared to give...