A soul-searching book that has seen one of Australia's most renowned journalists come to grips with one of the darkest times in the country's history - and his family's intimate role in them - has revealed a remarkable Hunter connection.
David Marr launched his most recent book, Killing for Country, at the Newcastle Writers Festival on Saturday in a wide-ranging conversation at the Civic Playhouse. In it, he revealed that his mother's ancestor once had a close connection to the Hunter Valley before claiming lands from here through Queensland and into the Far North.
