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An organised banditti: the true story behind the Jewboy bushranger gang / by Colin Roope and Patricia Gregson
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=29195
…Media … An organised banditti: the true story behind the Jewboy bushranger gang / by Colin Roope and Patricia Gregson … An organised banditti: the true story behind the Jewboy bushranger gang / by Colin Roope and Patricia Gregson … (3.13Mb pdf)…
Marie Street
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…Captain Thunderbolt, the bushranger, was once reported near the site of what was to become Marie Street. (Source: The Post 2/11/1967).……Captain Thunderbolt, the bushranger, was once reported near the site of what was to become Marie Street. (Source: The Post 2/11/1967). … This work by Lake Macquarie…
Slippery Rock Road
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…The 'Jew Boy' gang of bushrangers were reported to have hidden in the 'Brush' near this road during their time in Martinsville. Early residents called Slippery Rock Road the Highway to the timber industry (Source: The Brush by G Mashman).……The 'Jew Boy' gang of bushrangers were reported to have…
Charlestown Road
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…Captain Thunderbolt, the infamous bushranger, was once reportedly near the site of what was to become Charlestown Road. (Source: 'The Post', 2 November 1967).……Captain Thunderbolt, the infamous bushranger, was once reportedly near the site of what was to become Charlestown Road. (Source: 'The Post',…
Reid's Mistake : the early history of Lake Macquarie by Keith Clouten
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…The first part covers the unusual story of European discovery of the lake in 1800 by William Reid, and goes on to record the early explorers, surveyors, pioneer settlers, convicts and bushrangers. … The second part traces the commercial development of Lake Macquarie following the gold rush period.……The…
Letter from Tom Fennell to his brother William, 9th March 1848
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…I have no news except that the bushrangers are about; we have just been loading our pistols to be ready for them. I am going to put Poll's watch in the care of someone in Goulburn. … God help you dear William and may he spare us both to receive many letters from each other.……I have no news except that…

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