
Bushranger Book Club, September 2021
Aidan Phelan reviews the first three Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy books and In the Company of Madness by R. B. R. Verhagen. Continue reading Bushranger Book Club, September 2021
Aidan Phelan reviews the first three Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy books and In the Company of Madness by R. B. R. Verhagen. Continue reading Bushranger Book Club, September 2021
In 2013 Paul Terry published what was rightly considered the most definitive account of the life of Andrew George Scott up to that point. Drawing on many sources, some of which had only recently been discovered, Terry’s In Search of … Continue reading Moonlite by Garry Linnell (Review)
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly by Leo Kennedy and Mic Looby is one of those rare occasions when you get a truly fresh insight into familiar history. Driven by the desire to tell the story of his … Continue reading Black Snake (Review)
It always astounds that so few books have been published about the Clarkes. Of course, this likely has to do with the fact that for the longest time it was a taboo and much of the story has been lost as subsequent generations disappeared, a phenomena not suffered by Ned Kelly or Ben Hall. So it is with much excitement that one approaches a tome that tries to shed new light in the dark corners of this complex and intriguing story. Judy Lawson’s book, may appear slim and a quick and breezy read but it is quite deceptive in this … Continue reading The Clarke Bushrangers: A Clash of Cultures, First Edition (Review)