In July of 1853 bushrangers almost got away with the great McIvor Private Escort Robbery. The gang include the two Francis brothers, and while trying to escape Australia on board the ship the Madagascar one of the brothers is arrested and will turn Queens evidence. In naming his fellow villains he identifies his brother, who is also arrested and is said to have committed suicide or was he murdered? Three of the gang will hang for their part in the robbery, three will get away, was one of those men Francis Christie the notorious Frank Gardiner? The Madagascar will sail without the bushrangers and will disappear off the face of the earth with 90,000oz of gold, all the passengers and crew. Was she lost in a storm, or was she a victim of a mutiny to steal the gold?
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