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Oct 23, 2014 · We reflect on the dastardly deeds and larger-than-life legacies of Australia’s infamous bushrangers. Murderers, madmen and outlaws feature prominently in Australia’s early colonial history. Many were escaped British and Irish convicts who chose to risk starvation and exposure in the harsh Australian bush rather than serve out sentences of ...
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- Daniel Morgan (1830-1865) Later dubbed ‘Mad Dog’, Daniel Morgan has a reputation for being one of Australia’s most bloodthirsty bushrangers. A prolific horse thief in his early life, he was first detained on the prison ship Success, where he was said to have been involved in the battery and eventual death of a warden there.
- Captain Thunderbolt (1835-1870) Frederick Wordsworth Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt or the ‘gentleman bushranger’, was the longest-roaming bushranger in Australian history and one of the only convicts to break out of the formidable prison of Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour.
- Ben Hall (1837-1865) Ben Hall was a leading member of the Gardiner-Hall gang, a group of bushrangers prolific across New South Wales. After falling in with notorious bushranger Frank Gardiner, Hall began a life of crime.
- Brothers Tom Clarke (1840-1867) and John Clarke (1846-1867) Like many bushrangers, brothers Thomas and John Clarke began their lives as outlaws under the guidance of their father Jack, who had been transported to Sydney in 1828.
- Irish bushrangers and beyond. The true story of the Irish in Australia would not be complete without a look at Ned Kelly and his gang of bushrangers. Kelly was well-known for his anti-British sentiment, something he shared with the Irish ‘rebels’ transported to the colonies years before.
- The Kelly gang. Australia’s most famous bushranger is Ned Kelly. Kelly’s mother, Ellen, was a free Irish immigrant. His father, ‘Red’, was born in County Tipperary, and transported from there in 1841.
- Installing the Kelly gang armour. The armour of the 4 Kelly gang members was on show for the first time outside of Victoria in the exhibition Not Just Ned.
- Gentleman bushranger Martin Cash. Martin Cash by Thomas Bock. Martin Cash was one of Tasmania’s most notorious and popular bushrangers. Born in County Wexford, Ireland, Cash was convicted in 1827 of housebreaking.
But what made the outback even more notorious in the 19th century were the bushrangers - bandits who terrorized the region and became infamous for their daring heists, horseback escapes, and violent clashes with the authorities. Here are some of the most famous...
- Ned Kelly is an Australian cultural icon. Although Ned Kelly died in 1880, he lives on in the Australian consciousness a century later in works of art.
- His story is exciting and full of adventure. Ned Kelly’s life includes fugitive life, shooting, and events that one can find in Indiana Jones and comic books.
- His legacy remains controversial and debated. Clive Turnbull, a respected author, and journalist, once said that Ned Kelly is Australia’s leading folk hero because of the values he embodied as a bushranger.
- Ned Kelly only received a proper burial in 2013. After getting executed over 130 years before, Ned Kelly only got placed in a box and thrown into a prison mass grave.
Aug 24, 2023 · Ben Hall is one of Australia's best known bushrangers from the gold rush era. He led a gang of bushrangers who staged dozens of robberies and inspired songs, books, and films about his life.
Aug 24, 2023 · Bushranging declined in the 1870s and 1880s as Ned Kelly, our most famous bushranger, began his criminal life. At the State Library Victoria, we examine the proclamation printing plate that declared Ned Kelly and his brother Dan outlaws.
