The Ballad of Dezi Freeman

Name: The Ballad of Dezi Freeman
Brand: Black Inc
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Murder and Madness in the Bush

By: Don Watson

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Paperback | 4 May 2027

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Available: 4th May 2027

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The manhunt that gripped Australia, and the disaffection that kept its fugitive hidden

Dezi Freeman dominated news headlines for shooting two police officers and then disappearing into rugged bushland in north-east Victoria in 2025. Freeman was an anti-vaxxer, an aggressive sovereign citizen and a prepper who believed the End Times were at hand. His escape triggered the largest tactical police operation in Australian history, and ended in his death in March 2026.

In The Ballad of Dezi Freeman, Don Watson returns to the bush to trace the forces that made Freeman and the wreckage he left in his wake, finding that, for all Freeman's madness, his violent rebellion cannot be disentangled from the widespread political disenchantment and anger of regional Australia.

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