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Breakout! : The Tasmanians who terrorised Victoria - Robert Cox

Breakout!

The Tasmanians who terrorised Victoria

By: Robert Cox

Paperback | 21 October 2024

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The killers were Pevay and Timmy. In 1841 they slew two men and wounded others in an angry rampage through the Victorian countryside. 


As Tasmanian Aborigines, they had many reasons to be angry. 


When teenagers they'd been jailed for being black. They'd taken unwilling part in the ethnic cleansing of Tasmania. Forcedly interned in a bleak offshore gulag, they'd watched helplessly as friends and family died of disease and despair. 


Then they were exiled to Victoria where colonists victimised them. It was the last straw. They stole guns and seized their freedom. 


Their breakout was vengeful and violent. Farms were raided, settlers shot. Despite firefights and ambushes, they evaded pursuers for weeks before being captured in a blaze of gunfire.


Their murder trial was a farce. Public officials lied under oath. The judge was biased and inept. The verdict was a foregone conclusion. 


Now, for the first time, their tragic story is told in full. From their perilous boyhood during Tasmania's Black War to their botched hanging in a crowded Melbourne street.

Industry Reviews

Cox's mastery of the contemporary sources is again evident. Assertions and arguments are alike soundly based on the records which are always appropriately cited. But the detail, while abundant, does not obstruct the easily flowing narrative. Cox is indeed an accomplished prose writer. His style combines clarity and precision - and is also a pleasure to read.

- Henry Reynolds


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