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The afterlife of evidence
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September 2025, no. 479

The Last Outlaws: The crimes of Jimmy and Joe Governor and the birth of modern Australia by Katherine Biber

Simon & Schuster, $36.99 pb, 336 pp

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Story of archive

The afterlife of evidence
by
September 2025, no. 479

The fence post was wrapped in old newspaper and kept in the shed. It was all that Aunty Loretta Parsley, Jimmy Governor’s great-granddaughter, had left to touch of his life. ‘His hands touching that,’ she told Katherine Biber, ‘that’s why I asked you to open it. Because you need to connect with this story.’ Overwhelmed, Biber felt the ‘immense responsibility’ entrusted to her.

The Last Outlaws: The crimes of Jimmy and Joe Governor and the birth of modern Australia

The Last Outlaws: The crimes of Jimmy and Joe Governor and the birth of modern Australia

by Katherine Biber

Simon & Schuster, $36.99 pb, 336 pp

Buy this book

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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