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‘Black Douglas’: a not so dastardly bushranger?
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:48:54
Publish Date: 2023-04-13 23:00:00
Description:

A dastardly bandit responsible for incredibly heinous crimes, or a runaway in search of his freedom? Meg Foster unravels the myth of “Black Douglas”, whose life of crime across 19th-century Australia made him a target of lynch mobs and the popular press. Speaking to Emily Briffett, she explains how Douglas was branded a shadowy bogeyman, and delves into his experiences as a hard-drinking prize-fighter and phrenologist.


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