The author formulates a definition of the term ‘social welfare’. This definition, he claims, is necessary if there are to be controls imposed both on the activities of private social welfare agencies, and on the benefits given to such agencies by the community in the form of exemptions, concessions and rebates. The author advocates a definition which reflects current community views about social welfare and proposes ways in which the definition can be interpreted to avoid the rigidities of the legal system. Finally he argues that the exemptions and concessions should be given to a more restricted range of private agencies than at present.
The Myall Creek massacre on 10 June 1838, that resulted in the horrific murder of 28 men, women and children of the Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation, has come to represent the multitude of massacres of Indigenous people that occurred all over Australia during a period of more than 120 years. This is because we know more today about the murders at Myall Creek than any of the hundreds of other massacres. We know so much today about this one largely because of the investigation and two trials of the perpetrators conducted in 1838.The man who successfully prosecuted the two trials of those responsible for the massacre was the then Attorney-General of New South Wales, John Hubert Plunkett. It was, in my view, the greatest challenge of his long career and one of his greatest achievements. Unusually for the times, two trials arose from the massacre, and both provoked enormous controversy and hostility throughout the colony towards the prosecutor. The powerful forces of the landowning settlers were pitted against Plunkett and caused him endless difficulties. Plunkett's approach to these prosecutions was innovative and bold in equal measure. He faced massive difficulties in overcoming bigotry and vested interests. Despite the fact that there had been an eyewitness to the massacre-the Indigenous stationhand Yintayintin (known as Davy)-the law at that time prevented How to cite this book chapter:
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