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A bushranger on horseback being chased by the police in Hard-pressed (Flight of a Bushranger), painted by S. T. Gill, c. 1853. The earliest documented use of the term appears in a February 1805 issue of The Sydney Gazette, which reports that a cart had been stopped between Sydney and Hawkesbury by three men "whose appearance sanctioned the suspicion of their being bush-rangers". [3]
Articles relating to bushrangers, originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up " robbery under arms " as a way of life, using the bush as their base.
[10] [9] [12] [2] Dr. Cyclops: 1940: The US science-fiction horror film features a biologist who shrinks down visitors who had come to his laboratory in the Amazon jungle, and they escape from him into the jungle. [10] [17] [3] [2] [1] [5] The Dwarf and the Giant: 1901: The silent film is the earliest known to depict a person being shrunken down.
The Legend of Ben Hall is a 2016 Australian bushranger film.Written and directed by Matthew Holmes, it is based on the exploits of bushranger Ben Hall and his gang. The film stars Jack Martin in the title role, Jamie Coffa as John Gilbert, and William Lee as John Dunn.
True History of the Kelly Gang is a 2019 bushranger film directed by Justin Kurzel, written by Shaun Grant, and based upon the 2000 novel of the same name by Peter Carey.A fictionalised account of the life of bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly, the film stars George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam and Russell Crowe.
The to-do list includes losing some weight, cutting back on the cigarettes and booze, and maybe even finding a boyfriend so she doesn't end up a "verbally incontinent spinster."
[4] [5] It was adapted from a stage play first performed in 1907 by E. I. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company. [6] [7] The play and film were based on actual events, namely the raid in October 1863 on Keightley's 'Dunn's Plains' homestead, south of Bathurst, by the bushranger Ben Hall and his gang. [8] [9] [10]