Synopsis
Black Mary & Gunjies
Published by Currency Press
Large Mixed Cast
Black Mary is the story of Aboriginal bushranger Mary Ann and her partner Captain Thunderbolt, who roam 19c New South Wales
Dressed like the men, Mary Ann is one of the gang, managing to survive in the Outback and to elude capture most of the time
She dreams of returning with Thunderbolt to live with her people, but instead witnesses their massacre and plots revenge
Gunjies combines family life, young love, a football match, and a debutante ball with political activism, racial discrimination and uneasy relations with the police (the gunjies)