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There are so many books about Ned Kelly and his gang, and now also about his mother, that I thought it would be good to have them altogether here in one place.  Mrs Kelly: the astonishing life of Ned Kelly's motherTrue History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel by Peter CareyThe Jerilderie Letter: Text ClassicsNed Kelly: A short lifeNED KELLY: In His Own WordsNed Kelly's Last Days: Setting the

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Frank Gardiner on left and John William Gilbert (1842 - 1865) on right On 15 June 1862 John Gilbert took part in the Eugowra gold escort robbery and had a £500 reward on his head.  In May 1863 Gilbert returned to the Wedden Mountains and became Ben Hall's right-hand man although they did not always work together. "it was with Gardiner that the idea of taking the

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George Charles Frederick Palmer (c. 1846 – 24 November 1869) was born and brought up  in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. He was named after both his father and grandfather who were both named George Thomas Palmer.  His father was George Thomas PALMER (1809 - 1889) and his mother was Selina Augusta ROWES (1820 - 1902). He was their third son. His

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Death of Frederick Ward (aka Captain Thunderbolt) (State Library of Victoria, IAN18/06/70/116, engraving by Samuel Calvert) In 1870 Frederick Ward (1835–1870), the bushranger known as Captain Thunderbolt, was shot dead by police near Uralla in New South Wales.  He was a former drover and horse breaker. He was first convicted of stealing horses in 1856.  Between 1856 and his death 14

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Sheep shearing at Yandilla Station, ca. 1894 Sheep shearers working in a shed at Yandilla Station. A supervisor or manager in a hat, vest, shirt and trousers and a tarboy in rough clothes pose for the photograph. (A tarboy assists by dabbing tar or antiseptic on any cuts suffered by the animals during shearing. Shearers shearing sheep in the Barenya Station wool shed in 1916,

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Here is a list of over 60 books written about Australian bushrangers. Some are modern and some are written back in 1911. Some are available to purchase on Amazon in book or kindle format. They are in no particular order. I hope you find what you are looking for... Australia's Most Notorious Convicts: From thieves and bushrangers to murderers and cannibals by Barbara Malpass Edwards. Thousands

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Mary Ann Bugg (1834 - 1867) Mary Ann was born on 7th May, 1834 in Stroud, New South Wales, Australia. Her mother was Charlotte Bugg (nee Derby) and her father was James Bugg.  She married Edmund Baker when she was 14 years old in 1848.  Mother: On Mary Ann Bugg's birth certificate her mother is named as "An aboriginal woman". Charlotte Derby's son William gave the information

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Gaol Photograph of AG Scott alias Captain Moonlight, November 1879NRS 2138 [3/6043] No. 2170 p.132  The historical gaol photograph description books at State Records were created to assist gaol staff to keep track of each prisoner’s record. The records cover c.1870-1930 and contain a photograph of each prisoner along with information such: as name, place of

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The bushrangers roamed Australia during the 1800's. The term bushranger was first used in a newspaper in 1805. Here is are some images of what life was like in the northern state of Queensland during that time.  Mounted Police station in Cooktown. Barracks and police station in the country above Cooktown 1878 Hopetoun selection in southern Queensland. Edward McDermott's grocery store

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Joseph Bolitho Johns (1826 or 1830 - 1900) aka Moondyne Joe. This is the only known photo of him. Born in Cornwall, England around 1826  Died Western Australia 13th August 1900Why was famous He was Western Australia's best-known bushranger and renown for escaping from prison so many times as he loved freedom. He escaped so many times from Freemantle goal that his cell was

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  Bushrangers attacking Goimbla Station an oil painting (1894) kept in the National Library of Australia by Patrick William Marony (1858-1939)  Bushrangers on the St Kilda Road  painted by William Strutt in 1887. Stage coach hold-up, Eugowra Rocks, oil on canvas, 137.5 x 183 cm by Patrick William Morony (1858-1939) painted in 1894. Bailed Up 1895 painting by

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Extract from Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter.  The Jerilderie Letter was dictated by famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly to fellow Kelly Gang member Joe Byrne in 1879. It is one of only two original Kelly documents known to have survived. The Jerilderie Letter is a 56-page document of approximately 8,000 words. In the letter Kelly tries to justify his actions, including the killing of

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Articles you will find on this site about the history of bushranging in Australia: Tasmania's Bushrangers - a timeline Martin Cash Bushranger - his early life Martin Cash - his later life Bushranging in Tasmania Hard Labour Bushranger's Ballad: Van Dieman's land

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   Thomas Frederick ‘Fred’ Lowry was born in 1836 near Bathurst.  Lowry died on 30th August 1863. RESOURCES:History of Australian Bushranging, Volume II by Charles White  Hill End Family History 

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"THE mere mention of the name of Frank Gardiner in  any part of the Western or Southern districts of New South Wales, is sufficient to set any of the residents in  those districts of 30 years' standing talking of the "old bushranging days." For Christie, alias Clarke, alias Gardiner, has been ever looked upon as the father of that bushranging which was

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John Gilbert's lonely grave near Binalong, NSW. In May 1865, Ben Hall, John Gilbert, and John Dunn were proclaimed outlaws. The Felons Apprehension Act 1865, allowed known bushrangers to be shot and killed rather than taken to trial. John Gilbert, aka Happy Jack, Johnny, and Flash, had a 1000 pound reward on his head and had been involved in around 630 hold ups including the

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A Free Pardon was granted to the bushranger Owen Suffolk in return for his commitment to return to England and never return to the colony of Australia. Transcription of original document By his excellency The Honourable Sir John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Govenor and Commander-In-Chief in and over the Colony of

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Stage coach hold-up, Eugowra Rocks, oil on canvas, 137.5 x 183 cm by Patrick William Morony (1858-1939) painted in 1894. It was at Eugowra, on the 15th June, 1862 that Frank Gardiner, and his gang of bushrangers, robbed the Ford & Co. coach on its way from Forbes to Bathurst in New South Wales. It was Australia’s largest gold robbery - 14 thousand pounds worth of gold and banknotes.

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Martin Cash (1808-1877) Martin Cash is known for escaping twice from Port Arthur gaol, in Van Diemen's Land. On the 14th May,1854, on Norfolk Island, Martin Cash married Mary Bennett (1824 - 1891), a convict from County Clare, aged 34. Later that year, after years of imprisonment on Norfolk Island, Martin Cash was given a ticket-of-leave and released back into society.

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Four horseman rode out from the heart of the range,Four horseman with aspects forbidding and strange.They were booted and spurred, they were armed to the teeth,And they frowned as they looked at the valley beneath,As forward they rode through the rocks and the fern -Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne. Edward Harrington (1896 – 1966) Read the full poem

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"Don't let the traps take me alive." Ben Hall did most of his bushranging in New South Wales, where he was known as 'Brave Ben Hall'. Between1863 to 1865, Ben Hall and his gang are thought to have conducted over 100 robberies, including the robberies of 21 towns and many coaches.  Due to the amount of hold ups on their coaches the Cobb and Co. coaches

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Studio photograph of old William Thompson a Tasmanian convict wearing convict uniform and leg irons Bushranging began in Tasmania in the early years of settlement, when near starvation meant convicts were sent into the bush to hunt. Some remained there, living by stealing from or trading with settlers. Their numbers grew as more convicts escaped, and until the 1850s there were many

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Pioneer settler's home in the Australian bush What a bushranger ate, when they were in the bush, would depend upon many factors: what part of the country they were in their own bush survival skills if they were actively on the run from the authorities if they knew free settlers who would support them Many bushrangers hunted wild rabbits and native animals such as duck, pigeons

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  1880 Northern Queensland Australia Travelling through the bush in the Cooktown District The road is rough - but to my feetSofter than is the city street; And then the trees! - how beautifulShe-oak and gum - how fresh and cool! From The Call of the Bush by Dora Wilcox, born Mary Theodora Joyce Wilcox (1873-1953) poet and playwright.

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The first settlers endured the inclement climate and the harshness of the bush as they went forth into the forest with the manly determination to reclaim the wilderness and to make themselves a home in its previously unbroken solitudes. To do this, has involved no small amount of courage, of patient endurance, of steadfast hope, of physical strength and of pertinacious toil. 

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