Charlie Flannigan s death-row art tells the story of NT s first hanged man
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Possibly a scene depicting Charlie Flannigan s retreat after the murder of Sam Croker in 1892.
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You re about to be hanged for a murder you committed. You can hear the prison workers testing the new gallows in the yard to make sure the town s first hanging goes to plan.
Key points:
Almost 130 years ago, he became the first man hanged in the NT
His story is incomplete, but his drawings give an insight into outback life in the late 1800s