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Mary Ann Bugg – “Captain Thunderbolt's Lady.”
Mary Ann Bugg – “Captain Thunderbolt’s Lady.” Adapted with permission by Barry Sinclair, from an article written in1998 by Andrew Stackpool There were two “female bushrangers” in Australia, Mary Ann, wife, & chief lieutenant of Fred Ward and “Black Mary”, companion of Michael Howe, notorious bushranger in Tasmania in the early 1800’s. While much is made of and written about the partners of the other bushrangers, little is recorded on the life of our female bushrangers. In the case of Mary Ann, she is responsible for Fred Ward being at large for so long. Her distinct femininity and her Aboriginal heritage were probably the reason for Fred’s dislike of using firearms. She certainly taught him to read and write, and her skills developed, as part of her aboriginality, served them both well in their life in the bush. The blending of Aboriginal and European features in Mary Ann created a remarkable beauty, which was commented on many times during her career. Mary Ann Bugg was born near Gloucester/Stroud in New South Wales. Her father was a shepherd named James Brigg (who subsequently changed his name to Bugg). He was born in Essex in England in 1801 and on 18 July 1825 was transported for life for stealing meat. He arrived in Sydney on the ship “SESOSTRIS” on 26 March 1826 and on 15 January 1828 was assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company as Overseer of Shepherds. He was successful in his duties and in 1834 was granted a Ticket of Leave. This meant he was technically a free man who could own property but could not leave the Colony. -
Issue 111 February 2017
Spreading Branches Narre Warren & District Family History Group Inc. Specialising in the Casey Cardinia Area Incorporated 1992 – Inc. No. A0023666M – ISSN 1445 - 2162 Issue 111 – February 2017 Our Move We’ve known it was coming for years, but now it’s getting closer and becoming a reality. And, we’re really pleased to be able to start getting some real news about our impending move out to members at last. At this stage, it looks like we’ll be saying our goodbyes to the Narre Warren Library in June or July of this year and moving to a new space that is being made ready for us within the Cranbourne Library complex. Fay and I saw the space this week, if you can ‘see’ a space that is. It is very hard to visualise a space when the wall on the left is going and the wall behind you is moving, and a wall is arriving on the right, and I have no idea what was happening to the wall at the front! Heather and the Local History Archive will be coming with us – or we’ll be going with them. our present one and it will be rectangular, not like Whatever way you want to look at it, this is great the current Research Room with lots of angles news for us. We have always enjoyed working with that make it hard to place furniture. We will have Heather and look forward to being able to continue independent access to the new Research Room to do so. via the entrance on the other side of the library Our new home will be just over twice as big as building where the radio station is. -
The Trial of the Kenniff Brothers: ‘Australia’S Last Bushrangers’
VOLUME 2 PART 2 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM CULTURAL HERITAGE SERIES © The State of Queensland (Queensland Museum), 2002 PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Qld Australia Phone 61 7 3840 7555 Fax 61 7 3846 1226 www.qm.qld.gov.au National Library of Australia card number ISSN 1440-4788 NOTE Papers published in this volume and in all previous volumes of the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum may be reproduced for scientific research, individual study or other educational purposes. Properly acknowledged quotations may be made but queries regarding the republication of any papers should be addressed to the Editor in Chief. Copies of the journal can be purchased from the Queensland Museum Shop. A Guide to Authors is displayed at the Queensland Museum web site http://www.qm.qld.gov.au A Queensland Government Project Typeset at the Queensland Museum THE TRIAL OF THE KENNIFF BROTHERS: ‘AUSTRALIA’S LAST BUSHRANGERS’ ANTHONY J.H. MORRIS, QC Morris, Anthony J.H. 2002: The trial of the Kenniff brothers: ‘Australia’s last bushrangers’. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Cultural Heritage Series 2(2): 259-268. Brisbane ISSN 1440-4788. The careers of ‘Australia’s last bushrangers’, Patrick and James Kenniff, culminated in a showdown at Lethbridge’s Pocket on Easter Sunday 1902, leaving two men dead. Amassive manhunt resulted in the Kenniffs being captured near Mitchell, and their subsequent trial for wilful murder in the Queensland Supreme Court. The presiding judge, Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith, was one of the defining figures of Australia’s history: a Premier of Queensland, a leading federationist, a major contributor to the drafting of the national Constitution, and first Chief Justice of the new nation’s High Court. -
Thunderbolts Way
A B TO TENTERFIELD 89km TO GRAFTON 151km C 15 38 HWY River MANN RIVER NAT RES INVERELL Brook VISITOR INFORMATION 38 CENTRE Australian GLEN INNES Standing Stones GWYDIR TO MOREE 138km BROTHER INVERELL Followingisalistofcrimes River SF said to have been enacted by Captain Thunderbolt and his gang: CARTOSCOPE 1 •25mailcoachrobberies Creek GUY FAWKES 1 MAPS&GUIDES •16hotelsandstores Balancing Frederick Ward was born RIVER Gilgai •16stationsand Rock Mann in about 1836 near River residences Windsor,NSWtoconvict •6hawkers Michael Ward and free settlerSophiaWard, Lake • 1 tollbar gate Beardy although no record of his Copeton MT TOPPER •80theftsofhorses birth exists. Frederick was OAKWOOD www.maps.com.au SF •1escapefromlawful oneoftenchildren. SF custody • Numerous firing on police intheirlineofduty NAT PK Yarrow Tingha WARRA SF Log on to see detailed touring and WARRA holiday maps, information and to purchase maps & guides. SINGLE Creek NAT PK Sara NAT PK River Book accommodation in real time online. Sandy Gwydir Creek Llangothlin Lagoon LITTLE River LLANGOTHLIN INDWARRA NAT RES NAT RES GUY FAWKES Oban RIVER NAT PK It is said that Thunderbolt TO LAKE COPETON 21km tookonhisaliasafterhe robbed the tollbar at Campbells Hill near HWY Maitland in 1863. He Bundarra poundedthewallofthe ClassicGlass Bottle office demanding the toll River Collection THE BASIN money – the sound was 2 NAT RES like a thunderbolt. 2 Creek Laura Guyra D MOTHER OF DUCKS HYLAND SF LAGOON NAT RES Creek GUYRA GUY FAWKES River Malpas RIVER Guy Dam 17 NAT PK JUNUY Bakers Abington JULUUM RD NAT PK 2 Scenicdrive-sealedsurface,unsealed................ BOOROOLONG BAGUL Creek NAT RES Highway,majorroadwithtouristdrivemarker............ 6 WAAJAAR Creek Dorrigo 17 Secondaryroad,unsealedroad.....................AVONDALE SF WAY NAT RES Railway,abandonedrailway....................... -
Bushrangers Worksheet Go to and Log in Using Your School’S Log in Details
Bushrangers Worksheet Go to www.worldbookonline.com and log in using your school’s log in details: Log-in ID: Password: Click on Student Type Bushrangers in the Search box Click the article titled Bushrangers Read the article and answer the questions below. Questions: 1. Who is said to be the first bushranger? _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Who are said to be the last bushrangers? _____________________________________________________________________ 3. What kind of crimes did bushrangers usually commit? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4. In what colonies were bushrangers found? _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Name the four bushrangers found in Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania)? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 6. What did the government do to deal with the issue of bushrangers? _____________________________________________________________________ 7. Why did people become bushrangers? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ World Book Student World Book Worksheet – Bushrangers© 8. Highway robbery was a common crime committed by bushrangers. Who were the bushrangers robbing? _____________________________________________________________________ -
Business Paper
Camden Council Business Paper Ordinary Council Meeting _____________________________________________________________________________________ ORDINARY COUNCIL SUBJECT: APOLOGIES Leave of absence tendered on behalf of Councillors from this meeting. RECOMMENDED That leave of absence be granted. RESOLUTION Moved Councillor Funnell, Seconded Councillor Dewbery that Councillor Symkowiak be granted a leave of absence. THE MOTION ON BEING PUT WAS CARRIED. ORD64/11 _________________________________________________________________________________ This is the report submitted to the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 05 April 2011 - Page 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________ ORDINARY COUNCIL SUBJECT: DECLARATION OF INTEREST NSW legislation provides strict guidelines for the disclosure of pecuniary and non-pecuniary Conflicts of Interest and Political Donations. Council’s Code of Conduct also deals with pecuniary and non-pecuniary conflict of interest and Political Donations and how to manage these issues (Clauses 7.5 -7.27). Councillors should be familiar with the disclosure provisions contained in the Local Government Act 1993, Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 and the Council’s Code of Conduct. This report provides an opportunity for Councillors to disclose any interest that they may have or Political Donation they may have received relating to a Report contained in the Council Business Paper and to declare the nature of that interest. RECOMMENDED That the declarations be noted. RESOLUTION -
The Bushrangers Database Kw
THE BUSHRANGERS DATABASE USER'S HANDBOOK KW KNOW WARE THE BUSHRANGERS DATABASE AUTHORS ALLAN HOUSE BRADDON HURLEY First Published 1985 (C) All Rights Reserved THE BUSHRANGERS DATABASE IS A COPYRIGHT PROGRAM. KNOW WARE PTY. LIMITED LICENSES THE PACKAGE TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER ONLY. THE COPYING OF ANY PART OF THIS PACKAGE FOR ANY OTHER PERSON, INSTITUTION, OR ORGANISATION IS A CRIMINAL BREACH Of COPYRIGHT LAWS AND A BREACH OF THIS LICENSE. PERMISSIONS Permission is granted to the purchaser to copy, in whole or in part, documentation for this package provided that the copies are for his/her/their use only. Know Ware Pty. Limited, 25 Tunnel Road, Helensburgh. New South Wales 2508. (042) 94.1829 OVERVIEW The Bushrangers Database is the first of a series of Australian History databases from Know Ware Pty. Limited. The equivalent of two man years of work has been spent on the development of the package and a database authoring system which will be used to prepare further databases. During the design stage of the package's development, a number of objectives were set which required us to develop new ideas, new approaches and ultimately a database significantly different to and more powerful than any other education database currently available. Some of the significant features include * extensive content as a result of in-depth research * an information retrieval component with annotated text files, maps, word search capability and a reference dictionary * a database management system which assists the user in selecting fields, field items, operators, etc. * a calculator and a histogram graphing utility to support the database management system * provision for the printing of any file, record, analysis result or histogram * menus and screen instructions to guide the user as much as possible and to minimise the chances of getting lost * a high speed disk operating system, binary files and compacted menus to minimise the time the user waits for programs, files, menus, etc., to be retrieved from disk * indexed binary databases. -
A Literary & Artistic Journey Through New England and the Hunter Valley
‘My Country’: A Literary & Artistic Journey through New England and the Hunter Valley – March 2022 9 MAR – 20 MAR 2022 Code: 22256AU Tour Leaders Susannah Fullerton, OAM, FRSN, David Henderson Physical Ratings Explore how the Australian landscape has exerted a powerful influence on Australian literature and painting with literary expert Susannah Fullerton and award-winning artist David Henderson. Overview …I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror- The wide brown land for me!... Dorothea Mackellar, My Country Join literary expert Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, and award- winning artist David Henderson on a journey through New England and the Hunter Valley, to explore how the Australian landscape has exerted a powerful influence on Australian literature and painting. At the Art Gallery of New South Wales view the Matisse Exhibition which 'offers an extraordinary immersion in the range and depth of the art of Henri Matisse, one of the world’s most beloved, innovative and influential artists.' Explore the development of Australian landscape painting with a visit to the Hinton Collection, New England Regional Art Museum; the Tamworth Regional Gallery; and the vibrant Maitland Regional Art Gallery. In Inverell a local historian will guide us to locations of Tom Roberts’ famous works: ‘Bailed up’ and ‘A Corner of the MacIntyre’; we also visit the private home 'Lilburn' where we meet with Tim Hughes whose great-grandparents knew Tom Roberts well. -
Business Paper
Camden Council Business Paper Ordinary Council Meeting _____________________________________________________________________________________ ORDINARY COUNCIL SUBJECT: APOLOGIES Leave of absence tendered on behalf of Councillors from this meeting. RECOMMENDED That leave of absence be granted. RESOLUTION There was no leave of absence to be granted. THE MOTION ON BEING PUT WAS CARRIED. ORD42/11 _________________________________________________________________________________ This is the report submitted to the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 08 March 2011 - Page 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________ ORDINARY COUNCIL SUBJECT: DECLARATION OF INTEREST NSW legislation provides strict guidelines for the disclosure of pecuniary and non-pecuniary Conflicts of Interest and Political Donations. Council’s Code of Conduct also deals with pecuniary and non-pecuniary conflict of interest and Political Donations and how to manage these issues (Clauses 7.5 -7.27). Councillors should be familiar with the disclosure provisions contained in the Local Government Act 1993, Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 and the Council’s Code of Conduct. This report provides an opportunity for Councillors to disclose any interest that they may have or Political Donation they may have received relating to a Report contained in the Council Business Paper and to declare the nature of that interest. RECOMMENDED That the declarations be noted. RESOLUTION In relation to Item ORD04, Councillor Warren stated that he -
Introduction
INTRODUCTION Some of the books I write happen because somebody asked me to write them. Those are always fun, but my favourite books are the ones that begin as an itch of curiosity which becomes a temporary obsession that erupts into an essay which later balloons out into a whole book. This curiosity-driven book happened because I like to take breaks when I am driving. On the road between Sydney and Canberra, my usual break points are one or more of a coffee cart, a book barn, a part of the old highway, and the town of Collector, which has a pub with nice food. Stretching my legs outside the pub one day, I spotted a curious memorial. I wandered over and found that it commemorates the shooting of Constable Samuel Nelson by the outlaw John Dunn in 1865. I like to think of myself as fairly well-informed about The memorial to Constable Samuel Nelson, Collector, NSW. 1 NOT YOUR USUAL BUSHRANGERS Australian history, but while Dunn’s name rang a bell, I had no other knowledge of him. That was the itch of curiosity that started me off. Looking into the matter at home, I learned that Dunn was a bushranger from the high period of bushranging, which ran from about 1860 to 1880, and he rode with people I certainly knew about. All the same, he wasn’t one of the usual small bunch of bushrangers that the Australian-in-the-street knows about. I wondered how many other bushrangers there were, and that began the temporary obsession that ended up giving me, and you, this book. -
Thunderbolts Way Café 34 50 34 Walcha Motel River
A B C D 39 Inglewood CUNNINGHAM QUEENSLAND TO ST GEORGE 193km GOONDIWINDI HWY 9 TO WARWICK 88km Coolmunda 1 1 Dam Boggabilla 42 Macintyre HWY Yelarbon 39 Scenicdrive-sealedsurface,unsealed................ Highway,majorroadwithtouristdrivemarker............ 6 Secondaryroad,unsealedroad..................... Railway,abandonedrailway........................ Hospital,wheelchairaccess,lookout................. Visitorinformationcentre,youthhostel,hotel,motel.... Accreditedvisitorinformationcentre,toilet............ Creek TO MOREE 76km BRUXNER Bed&breakfast,caravanpark,museum,golf.......... Fireplace,picnicarea,camping,water................ 61 River Bushwalking,fishing,boathire,canoeing............... Petrol & gas, petrol only, lighthouse, boat launch ......... BEBO Pikedale STATE FOREST River Ck 2 2 44 STANTHORPELogontoseedetailed Oaky touring and holiday maps, North Star Yetman information and to purchase Texas Pike HWY 64 maps and guides. SUNDOWN Clickonthe 24 NAT PK weblink below Ottleys HWY to log on Lake 95 Glenlyon GIRRAWEEN NEW SOUTH 15 NAT PK Yallaroi WALES www.maps.com.au Wallangarra 3 3 25 Bonshaw DONNYBROOK BALD PLANCHONELLA ROCK NAT RES SEVERN Mole SF 55 NAT PK THUNDERBOLTS SF River River 19 KWIAMBAL Mole NAT PK GIBRALTAR 44 HWY NAT RES TENTERFIELD Coolatai 16 38 Wallangra BRUXNER 50 BULLALA ARAKOOLA 4 BLUFF STATE NAT RES River RIVER FOREST www.lands.nsw.gov.auTORRINGTON 21 TO TENTERFIELD 83km STATE CONSERVATION NAT RES 37 AREA Click above for NSWTORRINGTON Government map products Ashford ENGLAND 4 SF 22 4 4 Pindari Dam SEVERN 91 -
Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Martin Cash/James Lester Burke
___________________________________________________________ DECONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING THE MARTIN CASH/JAMES LESTER BURKE NARRATIVE/MANUSCRIPT OF 1870 Duane Helmer Emberg BA, BD, M Divinity, MA Communications Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy October 2011 School of History and Classics The University of Tasmania Australia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work began in the Archives of the State Library in Hobart, Tasmania, approximately twenty-one years ago when my wife, Joan, and I discovered a large bundle of foolscap pages. They were thick with dust, neatly bound and tied with a black ribbon. I mused, ‗perhaps this is it!' Excitement mounted as we turned to Folio 1 of the faded, Victorian handwritten manuscript. Discovered was the original 1870 narrative/manuscript of bushranger Martin Cash as produced by himself and scribe/co-author, James Lester Burke. The State Archives personnel assisted in reproducing the 550 pages. They were wonderfully helpful. I wish I could remember all their names. Tony Marshall‘s help stands out. A study of the original manuscript and a careful perusal of the many editions of the Cash adventure tale alerted me that the Cash/Burke narrative/manuscript had not been fully examined before, as the twelve 1880-1981 editions of Martin Cash, His Adventures…had omitted 62,501 words which had not been published after the 1870 edition. My twenty years of study is here presented and, certainly, it would not have happened without the help of many. Geoff Stillwell (deceased) pointed me in the direction of the possible resting place of the manuscript. The most important person to help in this production was Joan.