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The Legend of Jimmy Governor

Looks at the life of a half-caste Aborigine who killed a dozen white people in 1900. He is immortalized in Thomas Keneally's novel, and Fred Schepisi's film of the book, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. A Big Country filmed Keneally on location and includes interviews with Fred Schepisi and Tommy Lewis, who plays Jimmie Blacksmith.

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  • "Jimmy Governor was a mass murderer who spent a number of months killing people and taunting the police trying to catch him. He was involved in the death of nine women and children, the maiming of numerous others, and the rape of a teenage girl. He was caught on the 27th of October 1900 and hung on the 18th January 1901."
  • "Jimmy Governor was a half-caste Aborigine who killed a dozen white people in 1900. He is immortalized in Thomas Keneally's novel, and Fred Schepisi's film of the book "The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith". A Big Country filmed Keneally on location and includes interviews with Fred Schepisi and Tommy Lewis, who plays Jimmie Blacksmith."
  • "Looks at the life of a half-caste Aborigine who killed a dozen white people in 1900. He is immortalized in Thomas Keneally's novel, and Fred Schepisi's film of the book, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. A Big Country filmed Keneally on location and includes interviews with Fred Schepisi and Tommy Lewis, who plays Jimmie Blacksmith."@en

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  • "The legend of Jimmy Governor"
  • "The legend of Jimmy Governor"@en