Season Two
The Mark's Murders
The Mark Family
S2 - EPISODE 5 (35:02 Mins)
John Watts describes how James Mark’s son was murdered and mutilated
by the Bigambul, the local Aboriginal people. Following this, James
Mark took revenge and, according to John Watts, he killed an innocent
Aboriginal woman. This episode investigates the early life of James
Mark and how James and his family arrived in Australia and moved to
the McIntyre.
Check out the transcript and reference list here: S2 - Ep05: The Mark Family
Emigration from the Isle of Skye, "The Hercules" - anchored at Campbeltown
(Illustrated London News, 15 Jan 1853)