Australia’s Slave Ship Massacre – Part One: Doctor Evil

Forgotten Australia by Michael Adams

Sep 6, 20261:02:17Society & Culture

Dr James Patrick Murray ranks as one of the most evil characters in Australian history. In September 1871, he ordered the massacre of 70 men that his slavers had kidnapped from Bougainville and imprisoned aboard their sh...

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