History of Australian Bushranging
Author | : Charles White |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2022-11-22 |
ISBN-10 | : EAN:8596547423829 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Download or read book History of Australian Bushranging written by Charles White and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume recounts the early history of bushranging in Australia. Excerpt: Owing to the stringent military rule during the first years of convict settlement, the unknown character of the country, and the absence of prey in the shape of men with money or other possessions (the aborigines being the only occupants of the soil outside the properly formed settlements), those who were called bushrangers then were simply men who had broken away from their gangs in the hope of escaping from the torture of labour under Government. The name has been made to carry a very different meaning since then, being applied to men who, some from choice and some from necessity, ranged the bush as freebooters, "sticking-up" settlers and travelers and demanding in orthodox style "your money or your life."