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At Euroa he met an old school friend of his, Francis 'Fanny' Shaw (sometimes known as Maggie Shaw) and through her, the police found out the name of the last member of the Kelly Gang. Hart also stole a watch from Robert Scott, the bank manager, and when teller Bob Booth asked him for something to remember the visit by, Hart gave him a lead ...
Thomas Law (c. 1850 – 21 September 1878), known by the alias Midnight, [1] was an Australian bushranger active in New South Wales and Queensland. He served as the inspiration for Captain Starlight, the main character in Rolf Boldrewood 's 1882 bushranging novel Robbery Under Arms .
[a] Howe, however, took to the bush again and joined a band of bushrangers led by John Whitehead. [2] Houses were robbed and ricks burned by his gang, and being pursued by an armed party of settlers, two of the latter were killed and others wounded in a fight which followed. Rewards were offered for the apprehension of the bushrangers and ...
King followed the bushranger's tracks to where he had camped and discovered a billy of tea and a handkerchief. Further along the tracks, he found the spot where the bushranger had stopped to reload his firearm. A heavy thunderstorm washed out the tracks, so the pursuit was given up, and the police returned to Durundur for horses. [24]
Among the last bushrangers was the Kelly gang in Victoria, led by Ned Kelly, Australia's most famous bushranger. After murdering three policemen in a shootout in 1878, the gang was outlawed, and after raiding towns and robbing banks into 1879, earned the distinction of having the largest reward ever placed on the heads of bushrangers.
Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical bushranger film. It was the seventh feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, [5] and is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour. The film was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Mick Jagger in the title role.
The Bushranger, or the Last Crime is a 1854 Australian stage play. It debuted in Sydney in April 1854. [1] The play was about a fictitious bushranger, Charles Graves, and included "a grand series of equestrian feats, bare backed riding." [2]
John Francis Peggotty (1864–1899), also known as the Birdman of the Coorong, was an Irish bushranger in the colony of South Australia.He reputedly rode an ostrich and wore large amounts of gold jewellery while committing his crimes, although elements of his story are said to be fabricated.