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  2. THE RENOWNED JACKEY JACKEY.

    The career of the notorious Jackey Jackey or Westwood, who, from 1840 to 1846, made his name a terror to the dwellers in the southern districts of the colony, should not hare been so extended if mercy had ...

    Article : 433 words
  3. GARDINER AND THE WILD SCOTCHMAN.

    A bushranging hero of 1863 was the Wild Scotchman (Macgregor), who committed several depredations in Queensland. This fellow, after a chase of 80 miles, was captured by two magistrates. ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. CAPTURE OF THE CLARKES.

    The particulars respecting the arrest of the notorious Clarkes, whose outrages in the Braidwood district in 1867 were of the most bloodthirsty description, show the proceedings of the police to have been ...

    Article : 480 words
  5. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 2,737 words
  6. LOWRY'S DUEL WITH STEPHENSON.

    The capture of Lowry, perhaps the most courageous of all the bushrangers of 1863, was rather an exciting affair, and decidedly scored a strong point in the favour of the police. It was in, August of that year ...

    Article : 418 words
  7. END OF MOONLITE AND HIS FOLLOWERS.

    In November, 1879, New South Wales received a' visit from six bushrangers, who came from the Victorian side—the Moonlite, or Wantabadgery gang—whose doings and Unreal end are so recent that it is ...

    Article : 963 words
  8. THUNDERBOLT'S FATE.

    Frederick Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt, was for nearly seven years the scourge of the Northern districts, his range haying been for the most part along the banks of the Hunter.. He was one of the most ...

    Article : 369 words
  9. DANIEL MORGAN.

    Daniel Morgan, one of the most determined and bloodthirsty of colonial freebooters, brought his career of crime to a close in Victoria, although his outrages had been almost entirely committed in New South ...

    Article : 343 words
  10. DESTRUCTION OF THE HATFIELD GANG.

    The year 1879 was almost as prolific as 1863 in bushranging. In February of that year four men, named William Hobbs (30 years of age), William Kay (19), Charles Jones (20), and Thomas Gorman (21), ...

    Article : 890 words
  11. HALL, GILBERT, AND DUNN.

    The year 1865 was a stirring one in the annals o Australian freebooting. In that year Morgan perished, and Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn daily committed the most daring outrages, sometimes under ...

    Article : 400 words
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