Moonlight circulated in bushranging at the end of the era contemporary to Ned Kelly. He was responsible for the largest gold heist in AU history, but gets largely ignored, perhaps because he took his mateship with James Nesbitt perhaps too far. wearing a ring of his hair to the gallows.
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Congratulations to Meg Foster (@mfoster-history.bsky.social) for the release of "Sam Poo: a Chinese bushranger?", an ABC Radio National podcast developed as output of her ABC Top-5 Media Residency in the Humanities. Give it a listen!

As part of my ABC media residency, I got to work with the wonderful History Listen (now 'Rewind') team on an episode about Sam Poo. Interviewing, writing and narrating a podcast was hard work but a super rewarding experience. I hope you enjoy the final product! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Be gay! Do crime!
(in colonial Australia)
#UnhingedPit #A #LGBT #W #Historical

1953 bushranging actioner, CAPTAIN THUNDERBOLT is today's Forgotten Australian Film

A mockup I made of what an Australian Bushranging game might look like:

open.substack.com/pub/michaels...

Thunderbolt met Mary when on a ticket of leave, was arrested and then escaped from Cockatoo Island, caught up with her and they went bushranging for four years (she was arrested twice but got off). Mary was shot and he continued for another two years.

I missed this: Meg Foster on the history of a Chinese bush ranger..... or is something else happening?

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Wilfully spent the morning in bed finishing Simon Miraudo’s Book of the Banned, an excellent book about Australia’s regressive history of film classification and censorship which offers you a through line as to why the current aus gov is attempting to ban children from using social media

11th Sep 1863: The Escape-Proof Prison That Wasn't: Captain Thunderbolt Breaks Out of Cockatoo Island

Full dark history at the link:
https://darkstories.com.au/on-this-day-in-true-crime-history/september-11

#Bushranging #PrisonEscape

SYNOPSIS: It follows the true story of Dan Morgan, an Irish immigrant in 1850s Australia who turns to bushranging after being brutalized in prison. Aided by an Aboriginal outcast named Billy, he becomes a notorious, folk-hero outlaw until police close in.

#FilmSky #MadDogMorgan

Wow ... TIL

Hugz & xXx

ABC Rewind: The story of Sam Poo - Chinese bushranger?

Episode webpage: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-rewind/abc-rewind-bushranger-sam-poo-race/106672908

Media file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/l1/Z/42.mp3

The bushranging phenomenon of colonial #Australia cemented an early war between the burgeoning law enforcement and the criminal element seeking to usurp the balance...

thevictoriantrooper.home.blog/brush-with-a...

There are criminals around, but the bushranging style probably isn't common.

I am new here. Currently looking for an outlet to reach people who have an interest in true crime, Australian history, and independent authors. Here are some books I have either written or helped get published to give you a taste of what I'm all about.

And as promised, the sad tale of Claude Valentine Baston. I might try and find out what happened after his capture but it might take a bit more digging.