In it was a dream diary and plans for a settlement he intended to found in the bush .
While running from soldiers in 1818 , Michael Howe dropped a knapsack containing a self - made book of kangaroo skin and written in kangaroo blood .
In it was a dream diary and plans for a settlement Michael Howe intended to found in the bush .
While running from soldiers in 1818 , Michael Howe dropped a knapsack containing a self - made book of kangaroo skin and written in kangaroo blood .