Based on original research by Margaret Carnegie into the life and times of Daniel Morgan, the book is includes historic prints and colour scenes from the motion picture Mad Dog Morgan.
Morgan : The Bold Bushranger
1974
Melbourne
:
Hawthorn Press
,
1974
Z1692557
1974
single work
biography
Mad Dog Morgan
( dir. Philippe Mora
)
Australia
:
Motion Picture Productions
,
1976
Z1692562
1976
single work
film/TV
adventure
historical fiction
crime
(taught in 1 units)
After enduring a prison sentence and attempting to eke out an existence on the Victorian goldfields, Daniel Morgan teams up with an Indigenous Australian outcast called Billy. Together, they terrorise southern NSW, killing policemen and raiding farms. Eventually, the authorities raise the reward for Morgan's capture to £1000, thus making his attempts to avoid capture even more difficult. He eventually crosses back into Victoria, but his behaviour has become increasingly erratic. Meanwhile, the police, led by Detective Mainwaring, close in.
