New research shows WA's first governor condoned killing of Noongar people despite proclaiming all equal under law
- Written by: Jeremy Martens, Senior Lecturer, History, The University of Western Australia
Portrait of Sir James Stirling, ca. 1833. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales ML 15 Ref: 897230’In June, councillors in Perth’s City of Stirling decided not to change the name of their municipality, despite former Western Australian governor James Stirling’s leading role in the 1834 Pinjarra massacre.
That massacre,...
