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1. mhnsw.au › stories › generalWere bushrangers villains or heroes? | MHNSW

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   What was a bushranger? Bushrangers were criminals who operated in rural areas and used the bush to hide and escape after committing a crime. They were often violent and sometimes killed members of the public and police officers. Reports of female bushrangers committing crimes did occur, but these were rare.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BushrangerBushranger - Wikipedia

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   In certain cases, such as that of Dan Morgan, the Clarke brothers, and Australia's best-known bushranger, Ned Kelly, multiple policemen were murdered. The number of bushrangers declined due to better policing and improvements in rail transport and communication technology, such as telegraphy. Although bushrangers appeared sporadically into the ...

   Name	Lived	Area Of Activity	Fate
   The Barber (alias of George Clarke)	1806–1835	Liverpool Plains in New South Wales	Hanged
   Bluecap (alias of Robert Cotterell)	c. 1835–?	New South Wales	Imprisoned, cause of death unknown
   Matthew Brady	1799–1826	Van Diemen's Land	Hanged
   Edward Broughton	1803–1831	Van Diemen's Land	Hanged

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4. www.abc.net.au › education › the-golden-age-of-bushThe golden age of bushranging - ABC Education

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   Aug 24, 2023 · 1. Bushranging activity increased during the 1850s and 1860s. Why did this occur? 2. The Eugowra gold escort robbery was the largest gold robbery in Australian history. Investigate what happened to the stolen gold. 3. How did bushranging alter the way gold was transported? 4. What does "ruffian" mean, and where does the word come from?

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5. www.britannica.com › topic › bushrangerBushranger | Outlaw, Robber, Highwayman | Britannica

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   bushranger, any of the bandits of the Australian bush, or outback, who harassed the settlers, miners, and Aborigines of the frontier in the late 18th and 19th centuries and whose exploits figure prominently in Australian history and folklore.

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6. www.abc.net.au › education › what-is-a-bushrangerWhat is a bushranger? - ABC Education

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   Aug 24, 2023 · Bushrangers were criminals who lived in the Australian bush robbing travellers, miners, coaches and isolated homesteads. In this video we learn about the different eras of bushranging, the types of crimes they committed and why some people supported bushrangers. Things to think about. 1. Where did bushrangers live and what did they do? 2.

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7. tracesmagazine.com.au › 2015 › 07Bushrangers: glorified criminals, or anti-authoritarian folk ...

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   Jul 9, 2015 · The artefacts give us the best clues. These insights should determine our modern way of defining the bushrangers. After 21-year-old storekeeper John Graham was shot down by a member of the Jewboy Gang on a street in Scone, New South Wales in 1840 his employer, Thomas Dangar, installed a plaque in St Thomas’ Church.

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   What did bushrangers do?

   • Bushrangers were criminals who lived in the Australian bush robbing travellers, miners, coaches and isolated homesteads. In this video we learn about the different eras of bushranging, the types of crimes they committed and why some people supported bushrangers. 1. Where did bushrangers live and what did they do? 2.

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   What is a bushranger in Australian history?

   • Bushranger, any of the bandits of the Australian bush, or outback, who harassed the settlers, miners, and Aborigines of the frontier in the late 18th and 19th centuries and whose exploits figure prominently in Australian history and folklore. Acting individually or in small bands, these variants of

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   What is the Bushrangers' legacy?

   • Now that bushrangers are part of Australian history, their crimes and violence are sometimes forgotten. Instead, people remember their horse riding skills, their ability to survive in the Australian bush, or the fact that they challenged people in authority - such as the police.

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   What was a bushranger's heyday?

   • The bushrangers' heyday was the Gold Rush years of the 1850s and 1860s as the discovery of gold gave bushrangers access to great wealth that was portable and easily converted to cash. Their task was assisted by the isolated location of the goldfields and a police force decimated by troopers abandoning their duties to join the gold rush.

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   Why did the number of bushrangers decline?

   • The number of bushrangers declined due to better policing and improvements in rail transport and communication technology, such as telegraphy. Although bushrangers appeared sporadically into the early 20th century, most historians regard Kelly's capture and execution in 1880 as effectively representing the end of the bushranging era.

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   What did Australian bushrangers look like?

   • However, in stark contrast to romantic portrayals in the arts and popular culture, bushrangers tended to lead lives that were "nasty, brutish and short", with some earning notoriety for their cruelty and bloodthirst. Australian attitudes toward bushrangers remain complex and ambivalent.

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9. insidestory.org.au › how-the-captains-lady-createdHow “the Captain’s Lady” created her own legend • Inside Story

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   While Mary Ann Bugg lived as a bushranger for four tumultuous years, perhaps her greatest achievement was to live a prosperous, quiet life afterwards, and to cultivate a narrative that protected the ones that she loved most.