Bushrangers
Articles
- The Historical Basis of ‘Robbery Under Arms’
Walker identifies people and events on which the characters and action of Robbery Under Arms was probably based. Walker demonstrates how Browne adapted the characters…
1 June 1965 - ‘Bushranger’ and ‘Croppy’ : A Footnote to Convict Jargon and Euphemism
In a recent study of convict jargon in this journal emphasis is placed on the use of convict terms outside convict circles, particularly in the…
1 June 1966 - James Lester Burke, Author of Martin Cash
James Lester Burke is the most neglected Tasmanian author. Paradoxically he is also a best seller. His Martin Cash—The Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land has…
1 June 1965 - Further Evidence in the Early Use of ‘bushranger’
The early use of bushranger in Australia has occasioned debate. The word is obviously closely linked with the verb, to range, and this note…
1 May 1972 - 'Orion' Horne and the Bushranger Daniel Morgan
Discusses the poet Richard Henry 'Orion' Horne's writings on the bushranger Daniel Morgan, including his July 1864 letter to the Colonial Secretary offering to hunt…
1 October 1983
Contributors
- Jean Fielding
- Neil Gunson
- Wilhelm Hiener
- J. E. Hiener
- W. S. Ramson
- Robin Berwick Walker
- Robin Berwick Walker