Jimmy Governor was an Indigenous Australian who was proclaimed an outlaw after committing a series of murders in 1900. His actions initiated a cycle of violence in which nine people were killed. Governor and his brother Joe were on the run from police for fourteen weeks before Jimmy was captured and Joe was killed by authorities.
Jimmy Governor
Tommy Governor
Ethel Governor, illustration published in Evening News (Sydney), 23 November 1900.
Mrs. Sarah Mawbey; published in Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney), 4 August 1900.
Wingham is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in the Mid-Coast Council area 329 kilometres (204 mi) north of Sydney. According to the 2021 census, Wingham had a population of 5,395.
Wingham Library and Post Office
A de Havilland Vampire at Central Park outside the Wingham RSL
The Big Log opposite Wingham Roman Catholic Church
The old cargo wharf on the Manning River