A bushranger's body in the window - Part 1

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Aug 19, 202428:10Society & Culture

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. George Melville was a daring highwayman who pulled off one of Australia's biggest heists. But when the law caught up with him, his fate was most gruesome indeed. Damien Beard from Pentridge P...

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