Category:Jimmy Governor
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Date of birth | 1875 | ||||
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Date of death | 18 January 1901 | ||||
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Jimmy Governor (1875 – 1901) 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 (either by Governor or his accomplices). Jimmy Governor and his brother Joe were on the run from the police for 14 weeks before Jimmy was captured and Joe was shot and killed.
In July 1900 Jimmy Governor and Jacky Underwood murdered four members of the Mawbrey family and a school-teacher at Breelong near Gilgandra. Underwood was captured soon afterwards, but Governor and his younger brother Joe took to the bush. During the period they were at large, ranging over a large area of north-central New South Wales, the Governor brothers committed further murders and multiple robberies. A manhunt involving hundreds of police and volunteers was initiated, with the Governors occasionally taunting their pursuers and deriding the police. In October 1900 Jimmy Governor was wounded and, a fortnight later, captured near Wingham. Four days after his brother’s capture Joe Governor was shot and killed north of Singleton. Jimmy Governor was tried for murder and hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol in January 1900.
Media in category "Jimmy Governor"
The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total.
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Constable R Harris shot in the thigh.jpg 953 × 1,119; 230 KB
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Ellen Kerz T&CJ 4 Aug1900.jpg 773 × 994; 177 KB
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Ethel wife of Jimmy Governor.jpg 806 × 1,827; 406 KB
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EthelGovernor EveningNews23Nov1900.jpg 941 × 1,079; 192 KB
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Jack Underwood captured detail.jpg 303 × 282; 29 KB
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Jacky Porter and Peter Governor.jpg 814 × 1,609; 480 KB
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Jacky Porter, Peter & Ethel Governor July 1900.jpg 1,204 × 1,146; 454 KB
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Jacky Underwood arrested near Leadville.jpg 997 × 2,470; 622 KB
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JackyUnderwood&Police DailyTelegraph 30Jul1900.jpg 1,472 × 1,479; 916 KB
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Jimmy Governor Evening News 18Jan1901p4.jpg 1,000 × 1,320; 268 KB
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Jimmy Governor photo.jpg 768 × 1,025; 75 KB
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Jimmy Governor.jpg 1,333 × 1,916; 424 KB
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Joe Governor deceased published 3 Nov 1900.jpg 1,250 × 1,400; 692 KB
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John Mawbey T&CJ 4 Aug1900.jpg 653 × 819; 116 KB
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Mawbey house near Breelong.jpg 1,759 × 1,370; 646 KB
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Mawbey residence at Breelong 26 July1900.jpg 1,521 × 788; 512 KB
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Miss Elsie Clarke T&CJ 4 Aug1900.jpg 751 × 1,015; 165 KB
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Mrs Mawbey Grace M Hilda M Miss Kerz.jpg 923 × 2,169; 390 KB
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Mrs. Sarah Mawbey T&CJ 4 Aug1900.jpg 669 × 892; 144 KB
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Oscar Friström portrait of Jimmy Governor.jpg 510 × 800; 59 KB