When a beloved caretaker is murdered in the remote Australian bushland of Alpine National Park, authorities suspect another employee of the homestead is to blame…but when a second body turns up, a harrowing reality sets in. A vicious killer is on the loose. More than 100 years later, the identity of the perpetrator remains a mystery.
James Barclay Photo: (Source) Peninsula Essence
James Barclay Death Scene: (Source) Peninsula Essence
John Bamford Death Scene: (Source) Peninsula Essence
Harry Smith Photo: (Source) Peninsula Essence
Wonnangatta Valley Historical Photo: (Source) Peninsula Essence
Wonnangatta Valley Map: (Source) Google Maps
Episode Source Material
- The Lineup: Death in the Valley: Mystifying Double Murders at Wonnangatta Station. By Orrin Grey.
- The Lineup: The Lawson Family Massacre. By Orrin Grey.
- Harry’s Hut: John Bamford.
- Strange Company: The Wonnangatta Murders, A Classic Australian Mystery.
- Peninsula Essence: Who Killed Jim Barclay. By Peter McCullough.
- The New York Times via Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Australian Wilds Full of Mystery.
- Sydney Theatre Company: Feature: The True History of Wonnangatta. By staff.
- ABC Local: Murder Files: The Wonnangatta Station Killings. By Catherine McAloon.
- The New York Times: As Hikers Vanish, These Mountains Hold Tight to Their Mysteries. By Yan Zhuang.
- Harry’s Hut: Wonnangatta Murders The Facts, Speculation & Theories.
- The New York Times: As Hikers Vanish, These Mountains Hold Tight to Their Mysteries. By Yan Zhuang.
- The Age: ‘We Don’t Jump at Ghosts Here’: What happened in Wonnangatta Valley?. By Erin Pearson and Simone Fox Koob.
- Eaton Family Website: Who Killed Jim Barclay? By Wallace Mortimer. Book excerpt published online via GLENN.
- The Mail: Murder on the Dargo by Hugh Buggy.
- The Mail: Murder on the High Plains by Hugh Buggy.
- The Age: The Secrets Haunting the Wonnangatta Valley. By Tony Wright.
- Policelife Magazine: April 2010 Issue Pages 30-32. By Victoria Police Staff.
- The Weekly Times: Modern-day political saga playing out on a High Country cattle station with a historic, sinister past. By staff.
- New Zealand Herald: Hidden Valley of dark secrets. By Melanie Ball.
- Sunday Times: Wonnangatta Murder: By staff.
- The Age: Murder Mystery at Wonnangatta Station. By Mary Ryllis Clark.
- The Age: Raising Eyebrows. By Carolyn Webb.
- Helen Doxford Harris Historical Indexes.
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- State Library Victoria: Australian in World War I.