1826: Matthew Brady, gentleman bushranger
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Batman News
On this date in 1826, “gentleman bushranger” Matthew was hanged in the Hobart jail for one Australia’s most colorful outlaw careers. Shipped from England on penal transportation, Matthew Brady was repeatedly flogged for escape attempts before he successfully busted out of Macquarie Harbour prison in 1824. He made for the bush and began an 18-month spell as an outlaw, self-consciously constructing the persona of the gentleman outlaw — polite to his victims, never violent towards wome
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