While Victoria was home to plenty of bushrangers of various ilks, there was one highwayman that stood head and shoulders above the rest – Harry Power. The curmudgeonly crim was responsible for a huge number of robberies on the roads, … Continue reading Harry Power at Buckland Gap
With November 2019 seeing the 140th anniversary of the Wantabadgery Siege, the decision was made to make a pilgrimage to Wantabadgery. As no formal acknowledgement of the anniversary or notification of any organised commemoration thereof had been announced, I decided … Continue reading A Guide to Australian Bushranging on tour, 2019 [Blog]
Forever consigned to popular culture as Ned Kelly’s little brother, Dan Kelly was a young man of only nineteen when he lost his life fighting the police. Like so many “boy bushrangers” his young life was snuffed out without him … Continue reading Dan Kelly: An Overview
There are scores of bushrangers whose names have faded from public consciousness over the decades, a phenomenon not entirely due to the nature of their activities. Henry Bradley and Patrick O’Connor are hardly household names now but their exploits in the 1850s are nothing short of astounding and even resulted in a geographical feature being named after them: Bushrangers Bay. Continue reading Bradley and O’Connor: An Overview
Remember that song from the end of “Mad Dog Morgan”? Can you remember any of the words? Neither could I so here they are… Continue reading Spotlight: Over the Border
While many believe bushranging to have ended with the execution of Ned Kelly in 1880, this assumption could not be further from the truth. A prime example is the tragic story of Henry Maple, the “Boy Bushranger”. Continue reading Spotlight: Carried to Hospital Fatally Wounded
In this travelogue we visit Bacchus Marsh and Mount Egerton in Victoria to get a feel for Moonlite Country and try to gain a better insight into the infamous Egerton bank robbery. Continue reading Spotlight: On the Trail of Moonlite Part One
This little piece was produced for the Sydney Morning Herald in 1947. Continue reading Spotlight: “You’ll Be Surprised” by Bill Beatty