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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Murder at Myall Creek : The Trial That Defined a Nation
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'The story of one of Australia's worst mass murders, and the nation's unsung civil rights hero

'‘A deeply moving account of a massacre that is a stain on our nation’s soul – and the prosecutor who brought the perpetrators to justice’. Peter FitzSimons

'In 1838, eleven convicts and former convicts were put on trial for the brutal murder of 28 Aboriginal men, women and children at Myall Creek in New South Wales. The trial created an enormous amount of controversy because it was almost unknown for Europeans to be charged with the murder of Aborigines. It would become the most serious trial of mass murder in Australia’s history.

'The trial’s prosecutor was the Attorney General of New South Wales, John Hubert Plunkett. It proved to be Plunkett’s greatest test, as it pitted his forensic brilliance and his belief in equality before the law against the combined forces of the free settlers, the squatters, the military, the emancipists, most of the newspapers, and even the convict population. He fought valiantly to punish those responsible for one of the worst known atrocities against the Aboriginal inhabitants of early Australia.

'From the author of Kidnapped and Eugenia, Murder at Myall Creek follows the journey of the man who arguably achieved more for modern-day civil rights in Australia than anyone else before or since.' (Publication summary)

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    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Simon and Schuster Australia , 2016 .
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      • Published 1 November 2016
      ISBN: 9781925456264
    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Simon and Schuster Australia , 2017 .
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      • Publication Date:   01 August 2017
         

      ISBN: 9781925533484

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  • Also large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

The Trials of John Hubert Plunkett Anne Henderson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Institute Review , January no. 13 2020;

— Review of Murder at Myall Creek : The Trial That Defined a Nation Mark Tedeschi , 2016 single work biography
Why Prosecutor John Plunkett Deserves Our Gratitude Babette Smith , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 January 2017; (p. 16)
'John Hubert Plunkett is one of Australia’s lost heroes, an Irishman who should be known to us all for his contribution to our society. Instead his name means nothing, to such an extent that those who discover him become passionate about telling his story. The latest recruit is Mark Tedeschi. And he may just succeed in finally propelling Plunkett to public attention.' (Introduction)
Dubious Sources Douglas Brown , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 61 no. 3 2017; (p. 89-90)
'Someone gave me, as a Christmas present, Mark Tedeschi’s book Murder at Myall Creek. It is not a bad read, though some things are left unexplained, and the book has no index. My criticism of the book arises from its somewhat dubious scholarship.' (Introduction)
Up Close : Australia's Martin Luther King Angus Dalton (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2016; (p. 44-45)
'NSW Senior Crown Prosecutor and true-crime author Mark Tedeschi talks with Angus Dalton about his new book, Murder at Myall Creek, which tells the true story of a massacre of Indigenous people that took place 178 years ago.' (Publication abstract)
The Trials of John Hubert Plunkett Anne Henderson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Institute Review , January no. 13 2020;

— Review of Murder at Myall Creek : The Trial That Defined a Nation Mark Tedeschi , 2016 single work biography
Up Close : Australia's Martin Luther King Angus Dalton (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2016; (p. 44-45)
'NSW Senior Crown Prosecutor and true-crime author Mark Tedeschi talks with Angus Dalton about his new book, Murder at Myall Creek, which tells the true story of a massacre of Indigenous people that took place 178 years ago.' (Publication abstract)
Dubious Sources Douglas Brown , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 61 no. 3 2017; (p. 89-90)
'Someone gave me, as a Christmas present, Mark Tedeschi’s book Murder at Myall Creek. It is not a bad read, though some things are left unexplained, and the book has no index. My criticism of the book arises from its somewhat dubious scholarship.' (Introduction)
Why Prosecutor John Plunkett Deserves Our Gratitude Babette Smith , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 January 2017; (p. 16)
'John Hubert Plunkett is one of Australia’s lost heroes, an Irishman who should be known to us all for his contribution to our society. Instead his name means nothing, to such an extent that those who discover him become passionate about telling his story. The latest recruit is Mark Tedeschi. And he may just succeed in finally propelling Plunkett to public attention.' (Introduction)
Last amended 2 Nov 2020 12:02:07
Subjects:
  • Myall Creek, Augathella - Tambo - Blackall area, South West Queensland, Queensland,
  • 1838
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