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Police of the Pastoral Frontier
Leslie Edward Skinner
其他書名
Native Police, 1849-1859
出版University of Queensland Press, 1975
主題Political Science / Law Enforcement
ISBN07022097759780702209772
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DSgiAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Native Police Force of trained Aborigines was a new concept which combined European discipline and weapons with the highly developed Aboriginal bush skill and cunning. Previously the attacking tribes had been able to vanish into the scrubs, but the Native Police troopers, mounted on horseback, were easily able to overtake them. Often the troopers discarded clothing and tracked Aborigines on foot through scrub which Europeans found impenetrable.British justice meant little or nothing to the Aborigines, and it often meant little more to the ambitious, struggling European settlers. Keeping the peace between two such groups was an impossible task for the scattered, frequently under-equipped bands of Native Police. They were also caught and torn between the sensitive and well meaning colonial administration and the impatient, tough&¬minded settlers who were constantly exposed to Aboriginal depredations - usually the spearing of sheep, cattle, and shepherds. The evidence shows that in many instances broken promises and other -ill-treatment by white men (often by the labourers and servants) sparked off Aboriginal attacks. Police of the Pastoral Frontier describes day to day life in the Native Police Force and the unrewarding, dangerous, and debilitating nature of their work. For the European officers months on end without proper food and shelter meant deprivation, isolation, and often bad health. The Aboriginal troopers were also isolated from their own people and their health suffered from arduous duty and the impact of European habits.