Punishment as pacification: the role of Indigenous executions on the South Australian frontier, 1836–1862

Abstract

The article talks about the role of Indigenous executions, especially by public hangings, in South Australia and the role of race in the treatment of a capital offender. It is noted that sentencing of South Australian Indigenous people was more than a punishment and was used to terrorize Indigenous population regarding British colonization. It states that South Australian Parliament moved to abolish public executions in 1858, irrespective of race.