In the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy one October evening in 1863, The Great
Eastern was hotly pursued and finally tackled by a policeman. After
several failed attempts to escape, the prisoner suddenly confessed ‘I may
as well tell you I am a man.’ This episode explores clothing, sexuality and
gender in colonial Melbourne.
This episode contains coarse language and sexual references.
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