Australia’s Slave Ship Massacre – Part One: Doctor Evil
Forgotten Australia · Sep 6, 2026 · 1:02:17
Forgotten Australia · Sep 6, 2026 · 1:02:17
Listen in the Podli app 🎧
Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.
Dr James Patrick Murray ranks as one of the most evil characters in Australian history.
In September 1871, he ordered the massacre of 70 men that his slavers had kidnapped from Bougainville and imprisoned aboard their ship.
In Part One, we look at Dr Murray’s background – and how he became widely hated across Australia long before he became a mass murderer.
Originally released in 2021. Re-released to accompany the new Talking History episode called Blackbirding – A Reckoning With the Australian Slave Trade
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
