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The Last Bushrangers

Mike Munro Mike Munro

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English
Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
19 August 2019
Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager are slain and then incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish crime are two members of the bushranging Kenniff gang, fast gaining notoriety as Queensland’s equivalent of the Kelly gang. Yet the murders are a bold escalation from the petty fraud, horse stealing and cattle duffing the gang is known for.

The story of the Kenniffs has fascinated Mike Munro for decades – ever since he found out these last bushrangers were his family. If not for Mike’s grandfather illegally changing his name in shame from Kenniff to Munro, this major figure in Australian television would be known to us as Mike Kenniff.

But who were Mike’s relatives? What drove them to their life of crime? And were the brothers really responsible for such terrible murders?

In answering these questions Mike Munro takes us back to the dawn of Federation, when bush skills and horsemanship could help outlaws escape the police, when remote pastoralists were vulnerable targets for thieves and marauders, when race and class divides were entrenched – but resented – and when brutal, feckless outlaws faced the ultimate punishment.

This is a story that is both gripping and personal, and an insight into an Australia just coming of age.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this audiobook contains names of deceased persons.

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Imprint:   Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Simultaneous Release
Dimensions:   Height: 134mm,  Width: 146mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   190g
ISBN:   9781460793671
ISBN 10:   1460793676
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mike Munro started his career as a copy boy on the Daily Mirror, before working in television news. He became a household name for his crusading and investigative journalism, reporting on Willesee and 60 Minutes, later hosting A Current Affair and Sunday Night. For 13 years he presented This Is Your Life, paying tribute to over 200 Australians. Recently he hosted the four-part series Lawless: The Real Bushrangers and Mateship: A Century of the Australian–US Alliance for Foxtel’s History Channel. In 2014, Munro was made a member of the Order of Australia for his charity work and contribution to journalism. Mike Munro started his career as a copy boy on the Daily Mirror, before working in television news. He became a household name for his crusading and investigative journalism, reporting on Willesee and 60 Minutes, later hosting A Current Affair and Sunday Night. For 13 years he presented This Is Your Life, paying tribute to over 200 Australians. Recently he hosted the four-part series Lawless: The Real Bushrangers and Mateship: A Century of the Australian–US Alliance for Foxtel’s History Channel. In 2014, Munro was made a member of the Order of Australia for his charity work and contribution to journalism.

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