Receiving rations: Jack Brook

Historian, Jack Brook tells stories of the Smith-Hall family - local white landowners (a relative of whom is said to have been involved in the Myall Creek massacre) and suppliers of rations to the people of the former Sackville Reach Reserve.

See Jack's book "Shut out from the world" for more information on this area.

Keywords: Daily life; racism; law; reserves; massacres

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