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Posted on Jul 10, 2023
A Darker Shade of Moonlite
Queer Oz Folk
106 pages
Creative non-fiction
ISBN 9780645253481
How do you tell the story of Australia’s most enigmatic bushranger – Captain Moonlite?
The stories he told of his life conflict with the stories told by others, which conflict with the records. A well-educated man, in and out of asylums and prison, who finally found his purpose and his love, leading a small gang of young men. Until they followed him in violent chaos.
This book is a creative retelling of history, using many perspectives of fact and time – both yesteryear and today – to try and capture something of Moonlite the man, and the society that made him.
