1829, Tasmania. A group of men—convicts, a farmer, two
free black traders, and Black Bill, an aboriginal man
brought up from childhood as a white man—are led by Jon
Batman, a notorious historical figure, on a “roving party.”
Their purpose is massacre. With promises of freedom, land
grants and money, each is willing to risk his life for the
prize. Passing over many miles of tortured country, the
roving party searches for Aborigines, taking few prisoners
and killing freely, Batman never abandoning the visceral
intensity of his hunt. And all the while, Black Bill pursues
his personal quarry, the much-feared warrior, Manalargena. A
surprisingly beautiful evocation of horror and
brutality, The Roving Party is a meditation
on the intricacies of human nature at its most raw.
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