butchery_in_bushButchery in the Bush: The savage murder of a settler's wife at Boyanup in June 1871.

Edited by Peter J. Bridge 

Edited by Peter J. Bridge. ISBN 978-0-85905-842-1, (1871 R 2020), A4, 8 pages, 70 grams, $15.00*


An example of the tenuous relationships which existed between settlers and natives. The killer was hung in the old Perth Gaol. Margaret McGowan is buried at Picton. Includes a note on Corporal Edward Peirl.