'Not many people know that the first two men publicly executed in Melbourne were Tasmanian Aborigines, Pevay and Timmy...White Tasmanian bushrangers like Michael Howe, Matthew Brady, and Martin Cash are well known and well represented in the literature, but very few people know of the bloody exploits of Tasmania's black bushrangers. Here, for the first time, their extraordinary stories are told.' (Source: backcover)
