Not your usual bushrangers / Peter Macinnis.
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TextSeries: Not your usualPublisher: Scoresby, Vic. : The Five Mile Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 266 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760065690Other title: Bushrangers | Not your usual bush rangersSubject(s): Bushrangers -- Australia | Australia -- HistoryDDC classification: 364.1550994 Summary: 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?
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Adult Non Fiction | 364.155 MCI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111061444186 |
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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