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Definitions of bushranger in various dictionaries:
One who lives in the wilderness.
An outlaw living in the bush.
BUSHRANGER - Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the English settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use t...
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| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jan 14 2014 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
| Sep 30 2009 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
| Feb 23 2006 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Feb 21 2004 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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| a criminal or thief who lived in bush ( a wild area of land) |
| One who lives in the wilderness. |
| An outlaw living in the Australian bush. |
| A person living far from civilization. |
| An outlaw living in the bush. |
| Bushranger description |
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Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the English settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term "bushranger" had evolved to refer to those who abandoned social rights and privileges to take up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base. * Bushranging thrived during the gold rush years of the 1850s and 1860s when the likes of Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner and John Gilbert led notorious gangs in the country districts of New South Wales. These "Wild Colonial Boys", mostly Australian-born sons of convicts, were roughly analogous to British "highwaymen" and outlaws of the American Old West, and their crimes typically included robbing small-town banks and coach services. In other infamous cases, such as that of Dan Morgan, the Clarke brothers, and Australia's best-known bushranger, Ned Kelly, numerous policemen were murdered. The number of bushrangers declined due to better policing and improvements in rail transport and communication technology, such as telegraphy. Although bushrangers appeared sporadically into the early 20th century, most historians regard Kelly's capture and execution in 1880 as effectively representing the end of the bushranging era. * Bushranging exerted a powerful influence in Australia, lasting for almost a century and predominating in the eastern colonies, with several notable bushrangers operating elsewhere on the continent. Its origins in a convict system bred a unique kind of desperado, most frequently with an Irish political background. Native-born bushrangers also expressed nascent Australian nationalist views and are recognised as "the first distinctively Australian characters to gain general recognition." As such, a number of bushrangers became folk heroes and symbols of rebellion against the authorities, admired for their bravery, rough chivalry and colourful personalities. However, in stark contrast to romantic portrayals in the arts and popular culture, bushrangers tended to lead lives that were "nasty, brutish and short", while some were notorious for their cruelty and ruthlessness. Australian attitudes towards bushrangers remain complex and ambivalent. |