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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.
Harpur had been inspired to write his play after the April 1829 shooting of a settler on the Hunter River by two bushrangers. Harpur had been sixteen at the time and believed that Donohue was one of the bushrangers. [9] Donohue was also immortalised in the ballad The Wild Colonial Boy. Authorities tried to ban the song, but failed.
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.
New Year's Eve (2011) You know about these movies. Just like Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day, et cetera, New Year's Eve follows a bunch of intertwining stories that all take place on, you ...
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."
[3] His second feature The Legend of Ben Hall (2016) was an Australian Western based on the life of Australian bushranger Ben Hall. The film started as Kickstarter funded short film until the project was expanded into a feature. [4] Australian director Greg McLean joined the project as an Executive Producer in February 2015. [5]