LOCAL historian and author Dr Paul Cougle has been shortlisted for the 2024 Victorian Community History Awards for his latest book, Kondak: William Buckley Revealed.
The Bonnie Doon-based academic has dedicated years to researching the life of William Buckley—the escaped convict who lived with the Wathaurong people for more than three decades before re-emerging in 1835, only to be sidelined by co...
