Macinnis, Peter,

Not your usual bushrangers / Bushrangers. Not your usual bush rangers. Peter Macinnis. - 266 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. - Not your usual. . - Not your usual. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this work Peter Macinnes uncovers our earliest and little-known practitioners of the art of bushranging - and finds that most were murderous thugs with few saving graces. Along the way he finds a few endearing ones, such as Moondyne Joe and Diver Fitzgerald, who were scallywags rather than villains. Plus there were a few who affected a gentlemanly front, a sort of false gallantry that did not sit well with their thieving ways. Curiously, the word 'bushranger' did not originally mean an Australian highwayman, rather somebody capable of surviving in the bush, and what were their motivations for taking part in this deadly game?

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Bushrangers--Australia.


Australia--History.

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