Not all newspapers or white settlers took the same view, with "The Australian" publishing a poem by Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, "The Aboriginal Mother" on 13 December 1838 about a week after the seven men were found guilty, but several days before they were hanged. The poem expresses Dunlop's sorrow over the massacre and expresses sympathy for the Aboriginals of Australia. Dunlop responded to criticism by the "Sydney Herald", arguing on behalf of the poem and explaining why her views were correct.