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Frederick Wordsworth Ward, better known by the self-styled pseudonym of Captain Thunderbolt, was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island, and also for his reputation as the "gentleman bushranger" and his lengthy survival, being the longest-roaming bushranger in Australian history.
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Captain Midnight, the Bush King is a 1911 Australian silent Western film about the fictitious bushranger Captain Midnight. It was the directorial debut of actor Alfred Rolfe. The film is based on the play of same name by W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Dampier. Captain Midnight, the Bush King is now considered lost.
Dan Morgan is a 1911 Australian film from Charles Cozens Spencer about the bushranger Daniel Morgan. It was said to be starring "Alfred Rolfe and company". Rolfe directed three movies for Spencer, all starring himself and his wife Lily Dampier so there is a chance he may have directed this one and that it starred his wife. A prospectus for the Australian Photo Play Company said he directed it. It is considered a lost film.
The bushranger ban was a ban on films about bushrangers that came into effect in parts of Australia in 1911–12. Films about bushrangers had been the most popular genre of local films ever since The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906). Governments were worried about the influence this would have on the population and bans against films depicting bushrangers were introduced in South Australia (1911), New South Wales and Victoria (1912).
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Edward Irham Cole was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur and film director whose productions represented a synthesis of Wild West show and stage melodrama. He managed a theatre company, called the Bohemian Dramatic Company, that performed in semi-permanent and temporary tent theatres. During 1910 and 1911 Cole directed a number of silent films, adapted from his stage plays and using actors from his theatre company.
Attack on the Gold Escort is a 1911 Australian silent Western film which is considered lost. It was sometimes known as Captain Midnight, King of the Bushrangers, or Attack of the Gold Escort, or Captain Starlight's Attack on the Gold Escort.
NSW Bookstall Company was a Sydney company which operated a chain of newsagencies throughout New South Wales. It was notable as a publisher of inexpensive paperback books which were written, illustrated, published and printed in Australia, and sold to commuters at bookstalls in railway stations and elsewhere in New South Wales.
Ned Kelly is a 1942 radio play by Douglas Stewart about the outlaw Ned Kelly.
Ralph Rashleigh and the Bushrangers is a 1953 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay based on an 1840s novel by James Tucker.
Three Years with Thunderbolt is a 1910 non fiction Australian book by William Monckton of his experiences riding with the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. It was adapted into a stage play and film.
Thunderbolt is a 1905 Australian play about the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, based on the book Three Years with Thunderbolt by William Monckton.
Dark Outlaw: The Story of Gunman Gardiner is a 1945 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about bushranger Frank Gardiner.
Ben Hall the Bushranger is a 1947 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about the bushranger Ben Hall. It tried to focus on Hall's motivations.
References
- ↑ "Three Years With Thunderbolt". The Daily Telegraph . No. 8172. New South Wales, Australia. 12 August 1905. p. 19. Retrieved 28 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Personal Gossip". Critic. Vol. IX, no. 42. South Australia. 8 November 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 1 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE THEATRICAL GAZETTE". Referee. No. 988. New South Wales, Australia. 11 October 1905. p. 10. Retrieved 1 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Thunderbolt at AustLit
- ↑ "Theatre Royal—"Thunderbolt."". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 095. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Dramatic Notes". The Australasian . Vol. LXXIX, no. 2063. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1905. p. 26. Retrieved 28 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "STATE & SCREEN". The Australasian . Vol. CXXVII, no. 4, 202. Victoria, Australia. 20 July 1929. p. 19 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 1 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.