The Scottish explorer who became the butcher of Gippsland

Angus McMillan was once revered as a pioneering hero. Today his reputation is in tatters – and his great-great-niece is to blame

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Once revered as a pioneer, the Scottish explorer Angus McMillan is now known as “the butcher of Gippsland”.

This reversal of reputation – from virtuous Presbyterian to cold-blooded killer – is the work not just of the people he wronged but of his own relations and the descendants of his closest friends.

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