The legend of The Ragged Thirteen

摘要

The most elusive of all legends in the north is that of the Ragged Thirteen, whose fame extended over the Northern Territory and Queensland and the West. Their story has taken me seven years to verify (writes Ernestine Hill in the Sydney Morning Herald). Thanks to the good offices and the good memory of a Territory historian who knew the leader well, I can now dispel the mists of mystery and romance in the clear light of truth.