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Author Roberts, Tony, 1945-

Title Frontier justice : a history of the Gulf country to 1900 / Tony Roberts
Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2005

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Description xvi, 316 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Summary A challenging and illuminating investigation, Frontier Justice brings seldom disclosed facts and fresh information to the events, identities, policies and attitudes that carved our last frontier
Analysis Northern Territory
Queensland
Land settlement
Aborigines
Law enforcement
History, 1801-1900
Statistics
Gulf Country (North Australia)
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 295-303
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Gulf of Carpentaria Region
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century.
Law enforcement -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Gulf of Carpentaria Region (N.T.)
SUBJECT Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006777 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.) -- History -- 19th century
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