Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the Law

Contents:

1. Present Relations of the Federal Government to the American Indian, House Committee Print No. 38, 85th Congress 2d Session, United States Government Printing Office, December 31, 1958.

2. News cuttings on native law: London, 3/6/1934 article by Sydney Morrell, 'The Black Man's Burden',commenting on relations between Australian Aboriginals and police, and the justice system, reference is made to the Caledon Bay cases; 2 cuttings from The Sun 13 & 14 Feb 1935 on native trials and tribal law.

3. Cuttings from The Missionary Review, 5 November 1934, "Aborigines and the Law" by the Rev TT Webb, Milingimbi regarding the Caledon Bay Cases, contains annotations in Elkin's hand writing.

4. A letter to Elkin, 2pp, 19 Oct 1934, Port Hacking, by Donald MacRay commenting on Aboriginal and justice matters in the Northern Territory.

5. Bundle 1 (5pp) typed letter by Justice T Wells, Judges Supreme Court, Darwin, Northern Territory, dated 12/12/1934 replying to Elkin's letter of the 7th. Marked Confidential. Wells comments on Aborigines and the justice system in the Northern Territory. He makes reference to Stanner and the Caledon Bay and Woodah Island cases.

6. Bundle 2 (3pp) typed letter by Mrs J Litchfield, Darwin, a press reporter, to Elkin dated 25/9/1934, regarding the William Jennings and the Caledon Bay cases; includes a comment on Donald Thompson's involvement in the Caledon Bay cases, and on tribal law.

7. Bundle 3 (4pp) typescript of a copy of a statement, author not stated, on tribal law and the Bullfrog Jack case.

8. Bundle 4 (3pp) typescript copy of a statement, author not stated, on tribal law applied in the case of the death of a child.