The 1930s

Nemarluk on the Run
Northern Territory Resistance Hero

This collection illustrates some of Nemarluk's exploits

Guard Charged Over Nemarluk's Escape - 6th October 1933
Guard's Response toCharges - 8th October 1933
"Nemarluk's Journey of Pain" - Sydney Sunday Sun- 8th October 1933
Guard neglect - 11th October 1933
"Fight for Life at Darwin" - Melbourne Herald 17th October 1933
Result of Guard Charges - 17th October 1933
"Clean Away - Abo Killer in the Territory" - Sun 18th October 1933
"Police Raid - Native Fugitive Sighted" - 18th October 1933
"Police Cordon Broken - Black Killer Still Free" - Melbourne Herald 18th October 1933
"Black Tracker - Terrific Struggle with Escapee" - Canberra Times 18th October 1933
"Still At Large - Native Eludes Capture" - Canberra Times 19th October 1933
Embarrassment for the Minister of the Interior - 19th October 1933
Telegram - Nemarluk Captured...but escapes again! - 19th October 1933
"Nemarluk Again at Large - Tale of Spears and Shots" - Northern Standard 20th October 1933
Telegram - 'Constable Mcnab Tracking...' - 23rd October 1933
"Pursuit of Aboriginal" - Sydney Morning Herald 23rd October 1933
"May Stir Up Tribe - Police Fears of Nemarluk" - Melbourne Herald 23rd October 1933
Telegram - "Contable McNab Unsuccessful" - 23rd October 1933
"Armed Party Turns Back - Rain Aids Escape of Nemarluk" - Melbourne Herald 24th October 1933
"Fugutive Black - Police Party Sent Out" - Times 24th October 1933
"Escapees Tracks Obliterated by Rain - Police Party Returns" Canberra Times 25th October 1933
"The Search for Nemarluk" - Melbourne Herald 25th October 1933
Letter from Australian Aborigines Amelioration Association - 27th October 1933
Reply to Amelioration Society from NT Superintendent of Police - 21st November 1933
"Will Nemarluk Shoot It Out? - Native Report of Armed Resistance" - Melbourne Herald 19th February 1934
Official Telegram - Nemarluk Arrested - 8th March 1934
"Nemarluk in Gaol Again" - Melbourne Herald 26th March 1934
Telegram - Chief Protector Appeals for Communtation of Nemarluk Death Sentence - 11th April 1934
Letter re Commutation of Death Sentence - 18th April 1934
Letter - Nemarluk's Death Sentence commuted - 4th May 1934
Memo - Dept of Interior - 4th May 1934

Note: This index is a work in progress

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