Daniel Crotty was possibly the first and only postman to be murdered by bushrangers in Australia. When Crotty set out on the mail run between Marengo (now Murringo) and Burrowa (now Boorowa) on 16 August 1862 it was to be his last This book tells the true story of Daniel Crotty and the three Frenchmen, turned bushrangers, who were to rob and murder him. It tells also of the capture and trials of the bushrangers and what became of them.