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In February 1830, the government offered a bounty of £ 5 per adult and £ 2 per child, for Aboriginals captured alive.

On 20 August 1830, Governor Arthur's office issued a clarification that rewards were only for Aboriginals caught whilst engaged in aggression in the settled districts, and that settlers or convicts who went out and captured “ inoffensive Natives in the remote of the remote and unsettled parts of the territory ” would not receive a reward.

Instead, “ If, after the promulgation of this Notice, any wanton attack or aggression against the Natives becomes known to the Government, the offenders will be immediately brought to justice and punished .”