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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.
Aug 24, 2023 · During the gold rush, bushranging flourished in New South Wales and the newly formed colony of Victoria. In this video we meet some of Australia's most notorious bushrangers, explore bushranger ...
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Aug 24, 2023 · The 1870s, 1880s is really the decline of bushranging in Australia. A big part of that is the railways. So a lot of places that had previously been very difficult to get to are a lot more connected.
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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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Aug 17, 2023 · However, like all eras, the heyday of bushranging eventually came to an end as changing times and evolving circumstances reshaped the socio-economic and cultural landscapes of the...
Although the average number of convicts had doubled each year in the 1820s, there was a backlash against such a large criminal contingent entering the colony. As a result, Governor Darling complained to the Colonial Office and numbers were reduced in 1831.
Mobs of bushrangers led variously by Ben Hall and Frank Gardiner flourished in the Lachlan Valley region of central western New South Wales in the 1860s. The bushrangers included John Gilbert, John O’Meally, Michael Burke, John Dunn, and others.
