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Three Years with Thunderbolt is a 1910 non fiction Australian book by William Monckton of his experiences riding with the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. It was adapted into a stage play and film.
Thunderbolt is a 1905 Australian play about the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, based on the book Three Years with Thunderbolt by William Monckton. Monckton's narrative was serialised in The Argus newspaper. It was popular and was adapted by Ambrose Pratt and A. Joseph for the stage in 1905.
- Early Years
- Escape from Cockatoo Island
- Bushranging Years
- Death and Speculation
- Birth of Frederick Wordsworth Ward Jnr
- Legacy
- Cultural Depictions
- See Also
- External Links
Frederick Ward was the son of convict Michael Ward, ("Indefatigable" 1815) and his wife Sophia, and was born in about 1835, the youngest of ten around the time his parents moved from Wilberforce to nearby Windsor. Ward entered the paid workforce at an early age, and was employed at the age of eleven by the owners of "Aberbaldie Station" near Walcha...
On 11 September 1863 Ward and a companion, Frederick Britten, slipped away from their Cockatoo Island workgang and hid for two days before swimming from the north side of the island, almost certainly to Woolwich. While most Thunderbolt books claim that Mary Ann Bugg assisted Ward in his escape,others claim she in fact remained working in Dungog thr...
Ward and Britten headed to the New England district where they robbed a shepherd's hut at Gostwyck, near Uralla on 24 October. Three days later, while they were waiting to ambush the mail near the Big Rock or Split Rock (now Captain Thunderbolt's Rock), they were spotted by troopers. In the ensuing gunfight, Ward was shot in the back of the left kn...
On 25 May 1870, after allegedly robbing travellers near the Big Rock, Ward was shot and killed by Constable Alexander Binney Walker at Kentucky Creek near Uralla.His capture and death followed a difficult pursuit of several miles through rough terrain. The bushranger had spent his last few hours in and about the Royal Oak Inn, close by Split Rock, ...
Ward's relationship with Mary Ann Bugg had ended late in 1867, so he was perhaps unaware that Mary Ann Bugg gave birth to his namesake in August 1868.Frederick Wordsworth Ward Jnr took the surname of his stepfather although by occupation he walked in the shoes of his birth-father. He became a groom and later a horse-trainer, and died unmarried as F...
The legend of Thunderbolt is exhibited at McCrossin's Mill Museum in Uralla and includes the series of nine paintings by Phillip Pomroy of the events that led to Fred Ward's death. Thunderbolts Way is a road that extends from Gloucester to Inverell, following much of his original route between the Hunter Valley and the North West slopes and plains....
Thunderbolt's story has been dramatised several times. 1. Ambrose Pratt in 1905 edited William Monckton's "Three Years with Thunderbolt" which he and A. S. Joseph turned into a melodrama "Thunderbolt", performed for the first time on 14 October 1905 by William Anderson's company at the Theatre Royal in Sydney. The part of Thunderbolt was played by ...
The Thunderbolt Mystery (Doco-Drama Film) www.thunderboltmovie.comMonckton, William & Pratt, Ambrose. 1910, Three years with Thunderbolt : being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion and intimate friend : during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils and was twice severely ...
But we need to be super sure you aren't a robot. (Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and ...
Nov 16, 2019 · Some retellings of the Thunderbolt legend hold that Mary Ann died a tragic death from pneumonia in 1867, and was mourned by Thunderbolt, who died three years later at Uralla, NSW.
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The film's narrative includes scenes such as Thunderbolt being rescued from a police trap by a girl of mixed Aboriginal and European heritage, his raid on a country hotel, and his eventual death during a gallant struggle with the police.
