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Weewar
- Year of completion
- 2006
- Content type
- Narrative Content
- Format
- Short
- Genre
- Drama
- Duration
- 9 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
In 1842 the Crown prosecuted Weewar, a Bindjareb Nyungar, for carrying out tribal payback. Weewar's trial became the test case in Western Australia, which determined that British Law took precedence over traditional law.