The context of reform

Article from the Melbourne Herald, 23 March 1934.

NAA: A1, 1936/327, p.88

This was among the newsclippings in a Department of the Interior file titled 'Court for Native Affairs, Northern Territory'.

Article from the Melbourne Herald, 23 March 1934.

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Advice of appeal, 27 August 1934.

NAA: A1, 1936/4022 Part 2, p.153

This advice is among the legal documents filed in the Department of the Interior file on Dhakiyarr's arrest, trial and appeal to the High Court.

Advice of appeal, 27 August 1934.

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Cabinet approval to commute death sentences, 20 May 1930.

NAA: A461, L300/1, p.21

This Prime Minister's Department file titled 'Murder Charges – against Natives' contains various commutation records.

Cabinet approval to commute death sentences, 20 May 1930.

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