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The Last Bushrangers

By: Mike Munro
Narrated by: Mike Munro
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The story of Australia's last bushranging gang - the murderous Kenniffs

Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager are slain then later incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish crime are two members of the bushranging Kenniff gang, fast gaining notoriety as Queensland's equivalent of the Kelly gang. Yet the murders are a bold escalation from the petty fraud, horse stealing, and cattle duffing the gang is known for.

Starving and exhausted after three long months on the run, the brothers are finally captured, and so the wheels of justice start to turn.

The story of the Kenniffs has fascinated Mike Munro for decades - ever since he found out these last bushrangers were his family. If not for Mike's grandfather illegally changing his name in shame from Kenniff to Munro, this major figure in Australian television would be known to us as Mike Kenniff.

But who were Mike's relatives? What drove them to their life of crime? And were the brothers really responsible for such terrible murders?

In answering these questions Mike Munro takes us back to the dawn of Federation, when bush skills and horsemanship could help outlaws escape the police, when remote pastoralists were vulnerable targets for thieves and marauders, when race and class divides were entrenched - but resented - and when brutal, feckless outlaws faced the ultimate punishment.

This is a story that is both gripping and personal, and an insight into an Australia just coming of age.

Praise for The Last Bushrangers

"All families have a secret...but Mike's is a doozy! This touching, true story is a terrific read!" (Di Morrissey)

"A thoroughly informed, lively and balanced page-turner" (Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald)

©2019 Mike Munro (P)2019 HarperAudio
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this was a good story of the last bushrangers and to know Mike Munro is related to them made it all worth while .
Mike Munro's opinion on bush rangers at the end I didn't like . It's his opinion and should of keeped that to himself
everyone has their own hero's
were would we be without the old bushrangers

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This is a story embedded in our colonial history. A tale of lawlessness and aristocratic bullying so common of that time; told from a unique and personal perspective. Well done.

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Very interesting, I had never heard of these bush rangers, what a fascinating/awful/intriguing saga, and written and narrated extremely well. So much we don’t know about our early colonial history, so necessary to hear these stories, good and bad!

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Found this to be a throughly enjoyable read from start to finish. The author presents a non biased view of the events. If you enjoy Australian History and the story of bush rangers, then this is a must for your library.

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