The Ragged Thirteen tells the dramatic story of a band of bushrangers who roamed Australia’s Northern Territory in the 1880s.
Drawing on court records, newspapers and frontier lore, historian Derek Pugh reconstructs their crimes, pursuit and legacy, revealing a frontier where law, survival and reputation collided in the Top End.
Drawing on court records, newspapers and frontier lore, historian Derek Pugh reconstructs their crimes, pursuit and legacy, revealing a frontier where law, survival and reputation collided in the Top End.
"What a rich and complex history we can celebrate as Territorians.
My hearty congratulations to Dr Pugh on his magnificent contributions to Territory history, especially in uncovering and telling the stories that no one else has...
You are in for a treat."
HIS HONOUR PROFESSOR THE HONOURABLE HUGH HEGGIE AO PSM
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
My hearty congratulations to Dr Pugh on his magnificent contributions to Territory history, especially in uncovering and telling the stories that no one else has...
You are in for a treat."
HIS HONOUR PROFESSOR THE HONOURABLE HUGH HEGGIE AO PSM
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
Keywords:
- Ragged Thirteen
- Northern Territory bushrangers
- Australian frontier crime
- Top End history
- 1880s Northern Territory
- Territory outlaw gangs
- Colonial law and justice
- Australian bushranging history
- Frontier policing Australia
- True crime Northern Territory