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The last major phase of bushranging occurred towards the end of the decade, epitomised by the Kelly gang in Victoria, led by Ned Kelly, Australia's best-known bushranger and outlaw. Although bushrangers appeared sporadically into the early 20th century, most historians regard Kelly's capture and execution in 1880 as effectively representing the ...
John Owen (30 April 1830 – 9 April 1865), better known by his alias Daniel Morgan, was an Australian bushranger and outlaw. Active mainly in the Riverina of New South Wales and northern Victoria, he committed numerous raids and robberies and murdered at least three men, including two constables.
Ben Halls Gap is a small section of State Forest named after the bushranger's father, and is located south of Nundle, New South Wales. [ citation needed ] There is a plaque on the roadside, close to Escort Rock , where Frank Gardiner's gang (including Hall), robbed the gold escort on 15 June 1862.
John Foley (1833 – 26 February 1891) was a bushranger and associate of Fred Lowry.In July 1863 they robbed several mail coaches, including the Mudgee mail robbery which netted £5,700 in bank-notes.
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]
William Westwood (7 August 1820 – 13 October 1846), also known as Jackey Jackey, was an English-born convict who became a bushranger in Australia.. Born in Essex, Westwood had already served one year in prison for highway robbery before his transportation at age 16 to the penal colony of New South Wales on a conviction of stealing a coat.
John Whelan was an Irish-born bushranger and serial killer operating in the Huon Valley in 1855 in Van Diemen's Land (now the Australian state of Tasmania).He was a tall man for his times, standing at 6’1” (185 cm) and of heavy build, and was nicknamed Rocky for the crags and deep pock marks of his face.
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.