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DIGITIZED BY PETER KILLACKEY
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THE BUSHRANGERS - BROUGHTON |
The story of Broughton is somewhat similar to that of PEARCE. Breaking the heart of his father, and robbing his mother, he left England as an irreclaimable convict.
One of five to escape from an out-station of Macquarie Harbour, he had to endure the usual sufferings of bolters. Necessity led to murder and cannibalism.
Upon arrival at the settled districts, Broughton and the only other remaining man delivered themselves up. The last moments of this heartless villain are thus described by a spectator: "We saw him ascend the scaffold with more heedlessness than the bullock goes to the slaughter."
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