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Darwin historian reflects on 130-year-old prison drawings uncovered from SA museum


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Charlie Flannigan was a prize-winning jockey and stockman who became the centre of a murder trial that gripped the Northern Territory in 1892.

Darwin-based historian and Library & Archives NT curator Don Nawurlany Christophersen spoke with Aboriginal Way about the impact of Flannigan's sketches, found in the SA Museum archives, before he became the first person officially sentenced to hang in the Northern Territory.
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that this podcast mentions deceased persons.

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