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The Outlaw Michael Howe is a 2013 Australian historical drama film written and directed by Brendan Cowell.Set in the early 19th century, the film is based on the exploits of Michael Howe, an Englishman who was transported as a convict to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), where he achieved infamy as a bushranger and outlaw.
The Outlaw Michael Howe: Directed by Brendan Cowell. With Damon Herriman, Mirrah Foulkes, Rarriwuy Hick, Matt Day. In 1815 a young convict leads a wretched guerrilla army of outlaws, deserters and bushmen in open rebellion against the morally corrupt government on the notorious prison settlement of Van Diemen's Land.
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- Drama, History, Western
- Brendan Cowell
- The Drunken Governor Arrives
- 'I Am in Charge': Howe Wrote Letters to Governor
- New Governor Puts The Pressure on Howe
It was this environment of crime, bribery and sadism Thomas Davey sailed into in 1813, after his political connections helped secure him the position of Van Diemen's Land second governor. If the thinking was Davey would bring about an end to the corruption, maladministration, thievery — and monstering of the colony by bushrangers — it was mistaken....
Howe formed another gang and declared himself "Lieutenant Governor of the Woods", at one point raiding Davey's own homestead north of Hobart Town. "Howe wrote letters to Davey saying 'I am in charge, not you'… and in sense he was," Dr Stefan Petrow, emeritus professor of History at the University of Tasmania, says. "Davey didn't have enough men or ...
The man who replaced Davey, William Sorell, was "better than Davey", Alison Alexander says. "He was not a drunk, he was serious, but he didn't do anything to rein in corruption. He also brought out his mistress and put her in Government House, which was not well received." One thing Sorell did do, which Davey could not, was bring an end to Howe's b...
- James Dunlevie
Dec 1, 2013 · An epic story of love and betrayal, The Outlaw Michael Howe chronicles the astonishing true story of the man who pushed Australia to the brink of civil war. Brendan Cowell. Director, Writer. 1814. Van Diemen’s Land, the notorious British penal colony, has dissolved into chaos. Outlaws roaming the wilderness have pushed the colonial government ...
Nov 27, 2013 · The Outlaw Michael Howe shows that Van Diemen's Land was a melting pot of British administrators, Scots Irish outlaws, European free settlers, native Tasmanians and a scattering of Polynesians.
The Outlaw Michael Howe tells the story of its eponymous bushranger’s rebellion against the British empire in early nineteenth century Van Diemen’s Land (an embryonic title for Tasmania). Played by Damon Herriman (who you might recognise as a far less noble outlaw, Dewey Crowe, from Justified), Howe is defined by anger and sadness.
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1814. Van Diemen's Land. An epic story of love and betrayal, The Outlaw Michael Howe chronicles the astonishing true story of the man who pushed Australia to...
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