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Following the murder of a Chinese man by an Aboriginal man, the Northern Territory law enforcers decide to make an example of the offender by gathering as many Aboriginal people together as possible to witness his hanging. After this had taken place, the authorities distributed a variety of goods to the Aboriginal people supposedly to encourage good behaviour.
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Includes annotations by Francesca Merlan, who states that this work is an extract from Giles's 'Springvale Diary' held by the Northern Territory Archives.
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Merlan notes that accounts of this story can also be found in H. E. Thonemann's Tell the White Man : The Life Story of an Aboriginal Lubra, pp.36-38, and in Peter Read's and Jay Read's Long Time, Olden Time, pp.25-26.
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains references to a Chinese character
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Subjects:
- We of the Never-Never 1908 single work novel
- Roper River area, East Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
- Queensland,
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