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Melbourne: Published by the Victorian G.P.O. on behalf of the Public Record Office of Victoria, 1984. 300 g; one 104 pages, last three pages blank, index, text illustrated with facsimiles, and black-and-white photographs. Various documents reprinted. Slight water stain affects the last four pages on the bottom edge, being a hemi circle measuring approximately 1 cm. Photographic illustrated paperback binding. The story of the circumstances surrounding the first public executions in Melbourne in 1842 has never before been so fully told. Here are the official documents that supply the many missing pieces. Then describe the crimes, the excitement of the chase, the moment of capture, and the trials of six men who were destined to swing from the Port Phillip gallows. This book also presents the evidence that might have cleared the aborigine called Roger at his trial.. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Local History -- Victoria.