What happened in the trial of the Myall Creek massacre?

In the Myall Creek massacre of June 1838, a group of armed stockmen rounded up 40 - 50 Aboriginal women, children and elderly men at Myall Creek Station, near Bingara in gold-bearing country of northern New South Wales. 28 Aborigines were murdered.

An employee of Myall Creek Station, a man named Anderson, was the only white to give evidence against the white men who committed this awful slaughter. Although present when the massacre occurred, he had no part in it.

Those who went to trial included:

• Charlie Kilmeister
• John Russell
• William Hawkins
• John Blake
• John Johnson
• Charles Toulouse
• Charles Lamb
• Edward Foley
• Jim Oates (nicknamed Halls Jemmy)
• James Parry
• George Palliser
• John Fleming