Thomas Brewerton, known by the sobriquet 'Velvet Ned', was a skilled lock-breaker, and was one of the main instigators of the Cornhill London robbery in 1865. He was convicted and sent to WA as a convict in 1866 and continued with a prolific criminal career in W.A, Victoria, SA, NSW and Qld!

There is some debate over the inspiration for Banjo Paterson's classic poem Clancy of the Overflow.

Many believe that Thomas Michael McNamara was 'Clancy' in the poem. This episode covers Thomas' story and the story of his family.

Clancy of the Overflow was a poem written by Banjo Paterson.

There are two men who are said to have been possible inspirations for the poem.

Part 1 covers the story of Thomas Gerald Clancy and his family.

The Wilson Brothers owned and ran paddle steamers at Koondrook and Echuca on the Murray River. The family also owned the Bridge Hotel at Echuca.

The Nelson Robbery was one of the major crimes of the Victorian gold rush. It involved the robbery at gunpoint of 8,183 ounces of gold valued at about £30,000. A party of thieves robbed from the barque Nelson as she lay in anchor at Hobsons Bay off Melbourne in April 1852. The heist was as simple as it was audacious and ranks among the greatest robberies in Australian history.

The Nelson Robbery was one of the major crimes of

John Tennant, dubbed the Terror of Argyle, was an Australian bushranger who had gang that was active around the Canberra district in the mid-1820s. 

George Bain Johnston captained riverboats on the Murray River and its tributaries in the 1870s and 1880s.

**Warning graphic information is contained in this

Frederick Bailey Deeming used as many as 14 aliases throughout his life. He was known in the press as "Mad Fred" and "The Demon". There is evidence that links him to be Jack The Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, in September 1888 and being the culprit of the 5000 sovereigns stolen from the 'Iberia' in Williamstown Victoria in May 1889.

Theresa Charlotte Barrington, nineteen years old and single, arrived in Van Diemen’s Land (VDL) as a convict aboard Emma Eugenia in March 1851.

This is her story and the story of her descendants.