Bushrangers

Australian Bushrangers Find out why these ex-convicts took to the roads of Australia as a way to make a living. Read about Ned Kelly, Mad Dan Morgan, and Harry Powers.

Bushrangers - a Discovery Site for Kids - learn who the Australian bushrangers were, when and where they lived, and what they did. You can even ask an expert any questions you might have!

Australian Bushrangers Grade school students put together this overview of the Australian bushrangers. Read bushranger bios, or learn about the Bush Telegraph.

Ben Hall - First Australian Bushranger to be Outlawed One of the most famous of the bushrangers committed 10 mail robberies and 20 hold-ups before being shot 36 times by police.  

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly's Story

Bushranger Homepage Kids' educational site offers an introduction to the bushrangers of yesteryear Australia. Get bushranger profiles, quotes, songs, and poetry.

Bushrangers in Poetry Read poems like "Billy Barlow," "The Sick Stockrider," "Macquarie Harbour," and "How Gilbert Died" at this site devoted to bushranger verse.

Bushrangers of Victoria Provides an introduction to a time when these ex-convicts, adventurers, and thieves ruled the bush. Meet some of the most famous bushrangers.

Howe, Michael - Narrative of the Chief Atrocities Lengthy and detailed narrative describes Howe's life.

MSN Encarta - Bushrangers Encyclopaedia abstract identifies the origins of the eighteenth century Australian highway bandits.

 Whiskers Hill Dictionary of Australian Bushrangers Offers biographies, some short and some long and detailed, of all the famous Australian bushrangers organized in alphabetical order.