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Jimmy Governor (1875 – 1901) was one of the Governor brothers, two Indigenous Australian men who committed a series of murders in the Central West and New England regions of New South Wales around the turn of the twentieth century. This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious Crimes Bank robbers Australians convicted of bank robbery Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. New England is the name given to a region in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Governor had held various different jobs, including that of a police tracker, and he was continually discriminated against. He married a white woman, who had to endure criticism from other people for having married an Aboriginal man.
In April 1900, Governor was employed by John Mawbey, fencing the Mawbey's property at Breelong, near Gilgandra. Gilgandra After a dispute with his employer, Jimmy and his friend Jacky Underwood aka Charlie Brown murdered most of the members of the Mawbey family, including the children, on the night of July 20. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold A surviving witness, a little boy, raised the alarm, resulting in a large manhunt. The brothers fled Breelong, committing a further four murders as they moved east towards the coast. Jimmy Governor was captured on October 27, 1900, several months after the massacre. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Joe Governor was shot dead four days later. Convicted of murder, Jimmy was hanged the following year.
The police cell in which Jimmy Governor was detained can be seen in Wingham. Wingham ( is a town of 4600 people on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree; about 4 hours drive north This cell is on display at the Manning Valley Historical Society Museum opposite Central Park and The Log in the centre of Wingham.
The life of Jimmy Governor was the basis for Thomas Keneally's novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Thomas Michael Keneally AO (born 7 October 1935 is an Australian novelist playwright and author of Non-fiction. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi and based on the Booker Prize -nominated novel of the same name
Victims
- Sarah Mawbey, wife of John Mawbey (Breelong, July 20)
- Helen Kerz, schoolteacher (Breelong, July 20)
- Grace Mawbey, 16-year-old daughter of John and Sarah (Breelong, July 20)
- Percival Mawbey, 14-year-old son of John and Sarah (Breelong, July 20)
- Hilda Mawbey, 11-year-old daughter of John and Sarah (Breelong, July 20)
- Alexander McKay, property-owner (near Ulan, July 23)
- Elizabeth O'Brien (near Merriwa, July 24)
- "Poggie" O'Brien, baby son of Elizabeth O'Brien (near Merriwa, July 24)
- Keiran Fitzpatrick, property-owner (near Wollar, July 26)
References
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Jimmy Governor
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