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Australia’s Slave Ship Massacre – Part Three: Confessions of Mass Murderers

Forgotten Australia by Michael Adams

Sep 7, 20261:05:44Society & Culture

Dr James Patrick Murray kidnaps and kills more people, and goes mad and is nearly murdered himself, before returning to Australia to be acclaimed as a saviour during a smallpox outbreak. But the hero becomes villain over...

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