Matthew RimmerAug 10, 2025
Peter Carey on Ned Kelly: ‘Did no one see what I saw, that our famous bushranger was a raging poet?’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/10/peter-carey-history-ned-kelly-gang-bushranger-poet #books #bushrangers #bushpoetry #auslaw #auspol
Peter Carey on Ned Kelly: ‘Did no one see what I saw, that our famous bushranger was a raging poet?’

Twenty-five years after his award-winning book was published, the Australian author revisits True History of the Kelly Gang

The Guardian
In Those DaysJul 1, 2023

I've done a poster with bubble writing.

It maps how bushrangers inspired fictional representations especially Captain Midni(gh)t(e)s.

It's simple really. The fictional Captain Midnite was inspired by the real Captain Starlight, who thought he inspired the fictional Captain Starlight, but that character was actually based on the real Captain Midnight.

#Bushrangers #Trove #HistoryPodcast #CaptainMidnight

https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/bushrangers-real-or-fake/id1558781853?i=1000618747403

‎In Those Days: Bushrangers: Real or fake? on Apple Podcasts

‎Show In Those Days, Ep Bushrangers: Real or fake? - 29 Jun 2023

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In Those DaysJun 30, 2023

While colonists were stealing from First Nations peoples they were also stealing from each other.

That's right we're talking about bushrangers.

The real and the fake, the facts and the fiction, the stage and screen adaptations.
It's armed theft! But fun!

https://inthosedays.transistor.fm/episodes/bushrangers-real-or-fake

#trove #HistoryPodcast #GoldRush #VictorianGoldfields #Bushrangers #CaptainMidnite #AustralianLiterature #RandolphStow

In Those Days | Bushrangers: Real or fake?

Penny and Christina use digitized newspapers to research their guest's family or personal history. The newspapers are hosted in Trove, the National Library of Australia's online research portal.

In Those Days
Peter GrayJan 12, 2023
Spirit of Ned Kelly at the State Library of Victoria #Melbourne #bushrangers #NedKelly
AustralianHistoriesPodcastDec 1, 2022

Ned Kelly’s parents were married at St Francis’ Church in November 1850.
We retell their story in Episode 3.
🎧 🔗 http://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/2018/06/08/2-n 🎧

#NedKelly #kellygang #History #AustralianHistory #Bushrangers #AustralianStories

3 – Kellys: Beveridge & Ned’s early life – Australian Histories Podcast