1866: He Was Fed Breakfast, Then Declared Himself a Bushranger and Shot His Host
Henry Facey Hurst, the pioneer settler after whom Hurstbridge in Victoria was later named, was feeding a hungry stranger at his station near Diamond Creek on the morning of 4 October 1866 when his sister spotted a revolver hidden under the man’s coat. Read more →
1875: “I Come From a Race That Will Not Take an Insult”: Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for a Double Murder
Henry Howard ran the Frankston Hotel, near Melbourne, in partnership with widowed licensee Elizabeth Wright. Read more →
1889: The Devoted Wife Who Poisoned Her Husband in Melbourne, Then Killed Three More
Henry Needle was a robust carpenter until 1889, when he began suffering violent, unexplained vomiting at the family home in Richmond, near Melbourne. Read more →
