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The remarkable historic gaol in Darwin, which gained a reputation for being one of the easiest from which to escape, is being brought back to life thanks to a new audio tour.
The drawings were uncovered by accident. Curator and historian, Muran man Don Christophersen had been researching another prisoner when he found them at the South Australian Museum. Official records from the time portray Flannigan as a cowardly and cruel man, citing a dispute over a card game as his motive for Crokerâs murder â but Christophersen believes there was something deeper at play. âIt wasnât the card game, the card game was just the spark. There was something underlying and we will probably never know what it was,â he says. Perhaps, for instance, Flannigan k...
Charlie Flannigan's death-row art tells the story of NT's first hanged man WedWednesday 10 updated WedWednesday 10 MarMarch 2021 at 3:09am Possibly a scene depicting Charlie Flannigan's retreat after the murder of Sam Croker in 1892. ( Print text only Cancel You're about to be hanged for a murder you committed. You can hear the prison workers testing the new gallows in the yard to make sure the town's first hanging goes to plan. Key points: Almost 130 years ago, he became the first man hanged in the NT His story is incomplete, but his drawings give an insight into outback life in the late 180...