Jennifer

BUSHRANGER

• Bushrangers were Australian men, who during the 18th and 19th centuries, robbed and attacked carriages, banks, pubs and homesteads.

• There were many types of bushrangers. Some of them were ‘gentlemen of the bush’ and others were killers.

WHO WERE THE BUSHRANGER?

• Most bushrangers lived rough, in the bush in New south Wales and victoria.

• They would sometimes live with friends or family, or sometimes in barns and outhouses

WHERE DID THEY LIVE?

• Some of them stole previsions owned by the settlers in outlying areas, helping themselves freely to salted foods.

• Also others hunted wild rabbits and native animals.

HOW DID BUSHRANGERS SURVIVE?

• During the Australian gold rush period bushrangers wore the typical dress of the day.

• That is moleskin, cord material trousers, shirts with long sleeves and collars

• Sometimes a the wore waistcoat over the top. • They often wore a cravat on neckerchief under the collar

like a tie and a straw because it was made locally from the plaited palm leaf

WHAT TYPE OF CLOTHING DID BUSHRANGERS WEAR?

• Bushrangers living off the land and being supported by or stealing form free settlers.

• A bushranger was an outlaw from Australia’s colonial and gold rush times.

• In the beginning, the first bushrangers were escaped convict, but not survive the conditions of the bush.

WHAT DID BUSHRANGER DO?

• Matthew Brady

(1799-1826)

MORE BUSHRANGERS

• Ben Hall

• Matthew Brady

(1799-1826)