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Welcome to our journey, a journey of discovery, across a diverse country, and through the passage of time. This all started as we travelled throughout Australia with our work. Living in different places we discovered countless #untold #stories. Amazed that there was so little information about some stories, and how others were not entirely accurate. We decided to research the history, and tell them in a way that would be entertaining, and educational.
The only way for us to really understand and convey the significance of these events was to go to the location where it happened so the you the viewer can share our experiences. What was Australia like in the early years, pretty damn rough. We have focused the first series of our stories on Bushrangers as they were well documented in newspapers and police reports. A fascinating insight into the early years of the new frontier, and hard dangerous and unpredictable time. We can learn about the infamous outlaws, and the brave police who would try and bring them to justice, sometimes with disastrous consequences. These were hard and dangerous times, but the common people showed great strength, persistence, courage and humour.
So we decided to produce short stories about Australia and the history that would be suitable to be viewed on mobile devices. In essence we wanted to share Australia and all the #untold #stories in way that could be enjoyed. We hope that the fascinating history will not be lost so that it can be enjoyed forever.
“So why don’t you join us while we explore Australia”
The only way for us to really understand and convey the significance of these events was to go to the location where it happened so the you the viewer can share our experiences. What was Australia like in the early years, pretty damn rough. We have focused the first series of our stories on Bushrangers as they were well documented in newspapers and police reports. A fascinating insight into the early years of the new frontier, and hard dangerous and unpredictable time. We can learn about the infamous outlaws, and the brave police who would try and bring them to justice, sometimes with disastrous consequences. These were hard and dangerous times, but the common people showed great strength, persistence, courage and humour.
So we decided to produce short stories about Australia and the history that would be suitable to be viewed on mobile devices. In essence we wanted to share Australia and all the #untold #stories in way that could be enjoyed. We hope that the fascinating history will not be lost so that it can be enjoyed forever.
“So why don’t you join us while we explore Australia”
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Australian Bushrangers did not come more dangerous than this man, Canadian “Happy Jack. He was along side the legends like Frank Gardiner and Ben Hall but exceeded all others in the number of crimes committed including several murders of the time. This is the story of John Gilbert.
This is the story about the man Ben Hall, the same man who history has labelled the legendary bushranger. The questions that we will ask include, did Ben Hall’s life decline into a life of crime after his failed marriage? Was he moonlighting as a bushranger while pretending to be a hardworking squatter? Or was he really going to represent the struggle of the battler in a divide between the rich and the poor. In a battle to seek justice and equality he would find himself in a struggle that he could never win, and he would only become a hero in death. This is the story of the man behind the bushranger.
In July of 1853 bushrangers almost got away with the great McIvor Private Escort Robbery. The gang include the two Francis brothers, and while trying to escape Australia on board the ship the Madagascar one of the brothers is arrested and will turn Queens evidence. In naming his fellow villains he identifies his brother, who is also arrested and is said to have committed suicide or was he murdered? Three of the gang will hang for their part in the robbery, three will get away, was one of those men Francis Christie the notorious Frank Gardiner? The Madagascar will sail without the bushrangers and will disappear off the face of the earth with 90,000oz of gold, all the passengers and crew. Was she lost in a storm, or was she a victim of a mutiny to steal the gold?
Frank Gardiner – The Journey South will set the scene into the early life of Frank “Darkie” Gardiner. We follow his journey into the southern part of the colony and a daring dash to the coast. Only to find himself out played by one of Australia most famous and determined squatters.
The research and understanding how these young men get involved in bushrangering. The early days in Australia as stockman and introduction to stealing of stock, but ultimately hold up coaches, including the gold escorts.
Bushrangers Australian outlaws, but how dangerous were these men?, what were the rules of the road?. In this story were briefly discuss some of these men and what they did. The most dangerous bushranger was Morgan, made famous in the movie Mad Dog Morgan.
Frank Gardiner – Businessman to Outlaw. In part 2 we will uncover who was the man that was known as Frank “Darkie” Gardiner. What are the circumstances that will lead him to becoming Australia’s most infamous outlaw of his time, and the lead up to the scene that would redefine his life at Williams Fogg’s hut.
Morgan the Bushranger “Mad Dog Morgan” the most dangerous, unpredictable and violent bushrangers in Australian history. This is the untold story about Dan Morgan, it explores what sort of man he was, and the impact he had on the area he lived in.
Irish born Andrew George Scott would have his final wish granted 115 years after his death. After spending time in New Zealand as a young man he had decided to become a priest. Being involved in a bank robbery and time in jail he would find himself in circumstances and a situation out of his control. That would lead him to be one of Australia’s most notorious outlaws “Captain Moonlight”. It is his relationship with a fellow inmate and later gang member James Nesbitt that would have modern historians questioning the sort of man was he really was.
Bushrangers were the most dangerous outlaws in the 1800’s in Australia, this is the story of one of those men. Captain Thunderbolt would be the longest surviving Bushranger, and one of only two men who would escape from the notorious Cockatoo island prison in Sydney/ He was one of the few bushrangers to be married and the only one that would have his wife accompany him while he was on the run from police. To some he was a folk hero, to others a dangerous criminal.
Welcome to our journey, a journey of discovery, across a diverse country, and through the passage of time. Australia #untold #stories. Amazed that there was so little information about some stories, and how others were not entirely accurate. We decided to research the history, and tell them in a way that would be entertaining, and educational. What was Australia like in the early years, pretty damn rough. We have focused the first series of our stories on Bushrangers as they were well documented in newspapers and police reports. A fascinating insight into the early years of the new frontier, and hard dangerous and unpredictable time. We can learn about the infamous outlaws, and the brave police who would try and bring them to justice, sometimes with disastrous consequences. These were hard and dangerous times, but the common people showed great strength, persistence, courage and humour. In Part 1 we compare bushrangers like Captain Moonlight, and Captain Thunderbolt, different in the every way from Engineer, to illiterate. From 8 years to 1 week, from a man with a wife and children, to a man some consider Australia's only gay bushranger.
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