- Type Non-Fiction
- Vendor Katherine Biber
Book Title: The Last Outlaws
Author: Katherine Biber
Genre: True Crime History (Colonial Australia, Aboriginal brothers, legal and social justice)
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A Hidden History Brought to Life
The Last Outlaws investigates the chilling story of Wiradjuri brothers Jimmy and Joe Governor who in 1900 were declared outlaws after the killings of nine people in New South Wales. Katherine Biber re‑examines the case through descendants’ oral histories and legal archives to reveal the deeper context of racism, colonial violence, legal systems and nation‑building in early Australia.
Justice, Race and Power Collide
This is more than a crime narrative. Biber explores how Federation era attitudes shaped policy around land race and criminal law. Drawing on her award‑winning podcast series and collaboration with Wiradjuri and Wonnarua families the book uncovers how state‑sanctioned racism and race science influenced every stage from investigation arrest trial and execution.
Award‑Winning Research and Storytelling
Katherine Biber is a distinguished Professor of Law at UTS and creator of the podcast The Last Outlaws which won the 2022 NSW Premier’s History Award and Australian Podcast Awards Podcast of the Year. Her work received praise for breaking new ground in historical true crime merging archival depth with lived experience and descendant voices Shop Local with Peninsula Records and Books
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