Bushranger Essays

For over 40 years the life and times of the Australian Bushranger, Ben Hall has held my imagination. My first introduction to the name Ben Hall came about by my father when on a long drive from our home in Queensland to our former Victorian home following my fathers service in Viet Nam, and our first opportunity as a family to visit my grandmothers and the wider family of Uncles, Auntys and Cousins, and to recover my sister who was holidaying at the family 's holiday home at Phillip Island. As for

Over many years, people have debated whether Ned Kelly was a hero, victim, or villain. The famous bushranger, Ned Kelly (1854-1880), born in Australia, was the eldest son of John and Ellen Kelly. He became a bushranger to fight for his mother’s freedom. Undeniably, Ned was a hero because he offered to do anything to free his mother from hard labour. He committed theft because his family was very poor, and commoners idolized him as he stood up to the government for them. To begin with, Ned Kelly

National History Challenge - Bushrangers - Ned Kelly - Written by Christian Watson Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly was born in Victoria in 1854 (exact date unknown), and is of Irish descent. He is one of the most famous individuals in Australian History. Ned was and is still undoubtedly the most famous Australian bushranger to ever live. His life began and ended in Victoria, breathing his final breath in the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880. Ned Kelly is truly a hero in many people’s eyes, where-as other people seem

Bush Rangers Before becoming the notorious bushranger, he was best known for Fred Ward worked at Tocal. Fred was the youngest in his family out of 11 children, his mum and dad where Sophia and Michael ward. While working at Tocal Fred stayed at the overseer’s cottage which is why it is called thunderbolts cottage. Another notorious bush ranger known well to most Australians is ned Kelly, he was born December 1854 in Beveridge Victoria he came into a family with 11 siblings. His parent’s john

Ned Kelly: Australia's most famous rebel By Anthony Main To be described as "game as Ned Kelly" in Australia is to be known as someone who is both bold and principled. But how did an outlaw bushranger who robbed banks and killed police come to be a popular icon and a symbol of rebellion? The truth is Kelly was never just an ordinary crim. While he was despised by the establishment, his affinity with the poor and his stand against police harassment, saw him revered by huge swathes of the population

Good Morning/Afternoon all. Today I have just received the young Australian of the year award and I am exceptionally honoured. As the young Australian of the year, I would like to discuss an important issue in my speech today, and that is the great folk hero Ned Kelly. There has been a great debate about whether Ned Kelly should stay as an iconic Australian. I believe that he should stay as an icon because it’s not the murderous thug we recognise in Ned but the true Australian qualities. The whole

Bushrangers are outlaws and ex-convicts that lived in the bush far from civilisation. Bushrangers ruled the roads and many of these people were escaped British and Irish convicts who preferred to risk starvation than serve their sentences of hard labour for their crimes (Wilkins, 2006). Many of these bushrangers were also originally born in the bush where they had received their knowledge of horses and firearms (Smit, 2014). Bushrangers were praised for fighting before surrender and are commemorated

Ned Kelly was a bushranger from the 1800’s he lived from 1854 to 1880. He lived in North-East Victoria. The renowned bushranger is a victim due to a number of reasons. He was driven into crime because of his dysfunctional childhood, he also suffered from social discrimination and was born into a family of criminals, together these show that Ned Kelly was a victim of circumstances. Ned Kelly had a flawed childhood because of his alcoholic father's death and the financial state of his large family

A Biography of Martin Cash Martin Cash ‘The Gentleman Bush Ranger’ was born in 1810 and was son to George and Martin Cash. He was born in Enniscorthy, Country Wexford in Ireland. (Cash, 1843) Martin was raised with his younger brother in a fairly wealthy family by his mother, as their father neglected them and spent his time ruining himself and wasting his money. Because of this, his education was neglected as his parents could not get him to attend school regularly and combined with his mischievousness

Brady and his gang sailed to Frederick Henry Bay and proceeded to rob a settler of his weapons, thus beginning his bushranger career. As a bushranger Brady was insistent on promoting a new moral code. He became known as a man that treated women with kindness and did not allow his gang to hurt them. According to stories, when Brady's partner, McCabe threatened a settler's wife, Brady

English Draft A cold-hearted murderer, a notorious bank robber, and an aggressive horse and cattle thief. How do you feel about this? How can anybody think he is not a detested, vile bushranger? He is no doubt one of the most menacing and vicious of them all. From being an unreliable and mischievous horse and cattle thief at the age of 12, to becoming prime police suspect and vicious and violent assaulter, which resulted in him being sentenced to 3 years, hard labour in prison. He then attempted

One historical figure that has been of great interest to me lately is Ned Kelly - one of the best-known Australian heroes in history. For this reason, I have chosen to write about the film Ned Kelly (2003), starring Head Ledger. It tells the story of an Irish outlaw who spent 4 years in jail and came to the new world looking for a fresh start but found only oppression and injustice. This very much shows us the nature of the Australian society back then which started as a nation of convicts sent over

Ned Kelly Hanged Edward “Ned” Kelly was a bushranger from Victoria, Australia. He was born in 1855 and hung in 1880 at Old Melbourne Gaol and was buried in a mass grave. Ned Kelly was arrested for alleged assault on a Chinese pig farmer and was held for ten days on remand but the charge was dismissed in 1869. A year later, he was arrested and held in custody for seven weeks as a suspected accomplice of the bushranger Harry Power, the charge ended up being dismissed again. Kelly was convicted of

Martin cash was Tasmania’s most notorious bushranger. Martin Cash was born on the 11th of October, 1808, in Enniscorthy in County Wexford, Ireland to George and Margret Cash who were a comfortably well off family. Martin achieved a reasonable standard of education with him being able to both read and write. At the age of 18 he fell in love with a girl a year or two younger then him whose name was Mary, his first offence was at the age of 18 for attempted murder after he was flirting with his girlfriend

However, with the amount of crimes that Ned committed in the name of ‘justice’, it is hard to say that he is in fact a hero. However, this resentment that Ned held for the police force, may have sprout from the influence of Harry Power, a fellow bushranger, or even have been passed down through heritage, as the Irish mistrusted the British police. This suggests that the ruthless criminal, Ned Kelly, may not have conjured up ideas about the police being ‘evil’ on his own, instead being shaped by others

The Bathurst region was originally occupied by the Wiradjuri Aboriginal people. See also: History of infrastructure development in Bathurst Colonial period (1800s) to gold rush era (1860s)[edit] John Lewin, The Plains, Bathurst, watercolour drawing, ca. 1815, State Library of New South Wales The government surveyor, George Evans, was the first European to sight the Bathurst Plains in 1813, following the first successful European crossing of the Blue Mountains in the same year. In 1814, Governor

'Guinness, who were also known to Ben Hall and who happened to be with Davis at the commencement of the gunfight with the three police officers at Brewer 's Shanty, had fled in an act of cowardice, as reported, "...on the first discharge two of the bushrangers, Paddy Connolly and M 'Guinness, put spurs to their horses and bolted, leaving their unfortunate mate to do battle against three...", Davis ' comment about the two was; "... my mates were curs,” said Davis, “Tea-and-sugar runaways...”, the end result

This article appeared in the 'The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser' on the 12th of March 1863, in relation to Mr Cirkle's murder when a man named John Clarke was apprehended by Captain Battye and Detective Woolf in connection with Cirkle’s murder and where Clarke was one who was perceived by Captain Battye to be of ‘bad character’. On arrest, and in consequence of Clarke’s subsequent interview with Captain Battye, Clarke claimed that Frank Gardiner was involved, unfortunately

Ned Kelly – an under privileged Victim Ned Kelly – a scandalous, outback bushranger living in poverty with 12 siblings and widowed mother. Ned generated many controversial commentaries from the public due to his indecent behaviour. Some suggest he was a hero for seeking refuge from authority, and some say he was a victim of poverty and family loss. Ned Kelly is undeniably a victim. Ned and siblings were born into poverty for deprived lives. Ned and family were wrongly accused when they guarded

MURDERER OF MR CIRKEL;- "We are indebted for the following information to a respectable storekeeper of Burrangong it appears that on the day after the murder at Stony Creek, Captain Battye, with several volunteers, left Young on the track of the bushrangers and succeed in apprehending a man named Clarke under circumstances which warranted them in believing that he was one of the murderers At the time of his apprehension he was riding a horse which had been stolen on the previous day from Spring Creek