The Personal History of William Buckley Murrangurk among the First People by Robert Larkins

The Personal History of William Buckley Murrangurk among the First People by Robert LarkinsAs a British soldier who fought against Napoleon, William Buckley served capably and truly but a drunken escapade led to his transportation to a short lived settlement in Australia, and once there to his daring escape from custody and thirty years of isolation among the First People of the region, who saved and sheltered him. Known to his saviours as 'Murrangurk', Buckley learnt their language and forgot his own. He lived as they did and would later

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