How Colonists told on themselves

Colonists were very prone to writing detailed scripts of their daily lives. Not just their daily diary entry, they wrote reports, letters to other colonists, detailed communique to higher-ranking officials along with a plethora of other documents which are now a trail of evidence for historians and others to analyze. 

Below is an article penned by WA researcher, Dr Jeremy Marten's who is based at UWA. 

https://theconversation.com/new-research-shows-was-first-governor-condoned-killing-of-noongar-people-despite-proclaiming-all-equal-under-law-165871