Aboriginal People and the Law

This folder contains reprints from Oceania and the University of Western Australia Law Review concerning Aboriginal people and the law. It also contains handwritten and typed notes by AP Elkin on the Mission Court trial of Aldoa at Forrest River Mission (10/05/28).

The reprints are:

'Aboriginal Evidence and Justice in Northern Australia' by AP Elkin reprinted from Oceania, March 1947;

'The Application of the Criminal Law to the Aborigines of the Northern Territory of Australia (Mr Justice Kriewaldt)', by Geoffrey Sawer reprinted from Volume 5 of University of Western Australia Law Review, includes a Memorandum by Sawer dated 30 May 1961;

'Tribal Marriage in a Changing Social Order' by RM Berndt reprinted from Volume 5 of University of Western Australia Law Review;

'Aboriginal Languages and the Law' by SA Wurm Volume 6 of University of Western Australia Law Review.