‘A little German girl about ten years old … [left his service] because of the brutal treatment she received at the hands of her mistress, who was in the habit of beating her with a whip …  [ she then] showed a large sore on her leg which she swore had been occasioned by the blow of a whip.’ This news item, from the 3 December 1864 edition of the North Australian, was of a court case held in Brisbane … Continue reading