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Connecting with the Gold mining era in Australia,
were the notorious Bush Rangers, who terrorised the country side. While reading
some of the stories, I came across the mentioning of a Mr Sinclair's encounter
with the bush rangers. Blue cap and his gang travelled a vast distance, robbing,
murdering and made themselves at home on station properties along the way.Here's
a little snippet from the story.
' The gang bailed up the Narrandera mail on
Aug 16th and Mr Sinclair's Station, Cowabee, that night. They did not take
anything away with them in the morning, and conducted themselves rather quietly.
One of the gang playing draughts with Mr Sinclair all
evening.'
Some fine Sinclair hospitality must have been shown
on this night, seeing how they had murdered or robbed many of their last host's
before arriving at Sinclair's station. I wonder if he was brave enough to win
the odd game?
Annie
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