Table of Contents

This is the Table of Contents for the book 'The Newstead District Murders 1857-1859' by Dr Adrian R. Haas. The first two chapters are online at this website. The remaining chapters can be found in the hardcopy which can be purchased from the Newstead & District Historical Society.

Newstead 1859: ‘a sort of border country or No Man’s Land’

Gold, crime and the Newstead district in the 1850s.

Case 1: The Shooting of Green Gully miner - William Lobb.

Case 2: The fatal stabbing of William Thompson - Mia Mia butcher.

Case 3: The body in the sack murder - The Mia Mia Creek case.

Case 4: Death beside the Loddon River - The Fensterstock murder.

Postscript - A Police Presence for Newstead.

Notes and References

Index