After Jimmy’s trial, what happened to his brother Joe?




Joe has mostly been forgotten by history, and his presence in the archives is little more than a whisper.




From coronial records, family tales and a visit to a country pub, it becomes clear that Joe fell foul of the frontier, in life and death.




And yet, more questions remain: Was Joe Governor, an outlaw, killed lawfully?




How do his ancestral remains become another transactional asset in the murky world of race science? And why is western knowledge still entangled in its colonial past?

After Jimmy’s trial, what happened to his brother Joe? Joe has mostly been forgotten by history, and his presence in the archives is little more than a whisper. From coronial records, family tales and a visit to a country pub, it becomes clear that Joe fell foul of the frontier, in life and death. And yet, more questions remain: Was Joe Governor, an outlaw, killed lawfully? How do his ancestral remains become another transactional asset in the murky world of race science? And why is western knowledge still entangled in its colonial past?

History Lab || exploring the gaps between us and the past || This series is made in collaboration by the Australian Centre for Public History and Impact Studios at the University of Technology, Sydney.

History Lab || exploring the gaps between us and the past || This series is made in collaboration by the Australian Centre for Public History and Impact Studios at the University of Technology, Sydney.

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