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Cecil Holmes made Captain Thunderbolt in 1951 with locations in New England. After distribution difficulties, the premiere was in June 1955 at the Capitol Theatre, Armidale . The Sydney release was on 8 September 1955 at the Lyric, George Street.
Aug 24, 2020 · Captain Thunderbolt had established himself as one of the most elusive bushrangers of the 1860s. With a formidable string of robberies to his name, it almost seemed like he would be at large forever, but in May 1870 Thunderbolt's career came to an end in spectacular fashion at Kentucky Creek.
Hundreds flocked to see the body of Captain Thunderbolt (1835-1870) after his death and for a shilling, you could buy a postcard of his bullet-ridden body. It was an ignominious end to the last of the professional bushrangers in New South Wales.
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Legend has it that in December 1863, Ward hammered on the door of a tollkeeper he was robbing, causing the bushranger’s victim to proclaim: “By God, I thought it must have been a thunderbolt”. It is claimed that Ward, his gun drawn, replied: “I am thunder and this is my bolt”.
From his daring escape from Cockatoo Island to his legendary robberies across New South Wales, Thunderbolt’s life became the stuff of folklore. In this video, we explore his early years, his rise...
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Dec 24, 2022 · Frederick Wordsworth Ward has gone down in Australian history as the quintessential bushranger. Gentlemanly, daring, and a skilled horseman and bushman, he operated under the alias of Captain Thunderbolt until his fabled death in 1870.
The pair made their way to the New England district where, late in October 1863, they were spotted near the Big Rock (now Thunderbolt's Rock), south of Uralla. The police shot Fred in the back of the left knee but he managed to escape.
