The ‘Proper Settler’ and the ‘Native Mind’: Flogging Scandals in the Northern Territory, 1919 and 1932

Silverstein, Ben

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“…Whipping became a quotidian means of managing and policing the social hierarchies upon which colonial sovereignty depended and continued well into the twentieth century. 80 After departing Western Australia, John Beete subsequently settled in Prince Edward Island, where he remained for some forty years (Figure 4). Thomas Picton's fortune funded Beete's investments in the new colonies of Western Australia and Prince Edward Island, and ultimately flowed to his nephew as his heir.…”

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Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River

Lydon¹

2022

Slavery & Abolition

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The career of Captain John Picton Beete (1799-1886, later John Picton Picton), an officer of the 21 st Regiment of Foot (North British Fusiliers), maps some of the continuities between slavery and settler colonisation. While military punishment was practiced across a wide imperial field, by focusing on the links between slavery and the new settler colonies we see how Black bodies remained vulnerable to violent techniques well after they had been abolished elsewhere. Beete's status was owed largely to his family's extensive business interests in slavery, and he spent his career furthering the empire's appropriation of Indigenous land and the exploitation of Black labour. Beete and the 21 st Regiment played a prominent role in quelling one of the largest slave uprisings in history, the landmark Demerara Rebellion of 1823. A decade later, shortly after arriving in Swan River, Western Australia, Beete and the 21 st led the most intense phase of violence between colonists and Binjareb Nyungar, climaxing in the infamous 1834 Pinjarra Massacre. The common role of spectacular punishment represents the shared strategies of legal violence that maintained 2 racial hierarchies across the empire, and points toward the continuities between British slave and settler colonies.

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Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River

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The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925–1931

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Nadjamerrek³

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and the Injalak Arts board members. Copies of the photographs were circulated in the community for over a year with names being added to the manuscript throughout this time. We will never know exactly how many people assisted with this process but we thank you all. We thank A. Manakgu for checking over the spelling of Aboriginal names and words used in this book, especially within the Esther Manakgu story. We are grateful to the Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre for their support and advice, especially Murray Garde, Andy Peart and Jill Nganjmirra. We thank Rev. Lois Nadjamerrek from the Emmanuel Anglican Church in Gunbalanya for her insights into local history and her encouragement to bring the Church Missionary Society photographs back to the community and ensure this history is not forgotten. Thanks also to Tracey Fairman at the Northern Land Council for facilitating permits during the course of this research. Joakim Goldhahn and Robert Levitus read and commented on chapters of this book and we are grateful for their insights and suggestions. Robert Levitus also kindly shared his unpublished oral history recordings from 1981 with us and allowed us to quote from them. Thanks to Emily Miller who assisted with transcribing some of the archival material, Sandy Blair who provided early inspiration to delve into Oenpelli history, and Janet Davill who helped with archival research.

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The ‘Proper Settler’ and the ‘Native Mind’: Flogging Scandals in the Northern Territory, 1919 and 1932

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Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River

Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River

The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925–1931

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