The Resource The Clarke Gang : outlawed, outcast and forgotten, Peter C Smith
The Clarke Gang : outlawed, outcast and forgotten, Peter C Smith
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- Summary
- Who were the Clarke Gang? Ten years or more before Ned Kelly became famous the Clarke brothers and their associates were terrorising an area stretching from present day Canberra to the coast from 1865 to 1867. They intimidated, assaulted, robbed and murdered police and civilians alike. They had no hesitation in killing any member of the gang suspected of being untrustworthy.The romantic appelation "bushranger" blurs their vicious anti-social behaviour. They were able to escape what was then the rather short arm of the law by the vast network of relations and "harbourers." The author details their exploits and the terror they aroused in the population. He asks why The Clarke Gang are hardly known whereas Ned Kelly is regarded as an icon. The Clarke Gang operated in sparsely populated areas, serviced by bad roads and a poor telegraph system. Reports of their crimes were reported in newspapers, sometimes months after the event. By the time Ned Kelly began his career the telegraph had improved, there were railways providing access - technology had improved. The improvement in technology meant that Ned could use the media and newspapers to publicise and romanticise himself and his motives. The Clarke brothers were illiterate and lacked Ned's media skills. The book is illustrated with contemporary pictures, numerous maps, and other details. The author shows bushranging stripped of its romantic, rebellious cloak
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 664 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- ch.1: Down and out
- ch.2: Shannon to Shoalhaven
- ch.3: The seeds of crime
- ch.4: Places and early bushrangers
- ch.5: Gold
- ch.6: Neighbours and families of ill repute
- ch.7: Horse stealing to highway robbery
- ch.8: The New South Wales bushranging outbreak
- ch.9: Surrender and escape from Braidwood gaol
- ch.10: Serious bushranging
- ch.11: Robberies and shoot-outs
- ch.12: The crime wave continues and the territory broadens
- ch.13: The Nerrigundah raid and murder of Constable O'Grady
- ch.14: Summoned to surrender
- ch.15: Outlawed!
- ch.16: The death of Pat Connell
- ch.17: Constable Woodland provides an insight into police operation
- ch18: Introducing special police
- ch.19: Recruits and robberies, death of Old Clarke and Tom Connell's arrest
- ch.20: James Dornan, wholesale arrests, rising tensions
- ch.21: The murder of the special police
- ch.22: A call to action
- ch.23: The Braidwood commission and the state of crime
- ch.24: Arrests and reinforcement
- ch.25: The beginning of the end
- ch.26: The captures of the Clarkes
- ch.27: Trial and convictions
- ch.28: Execution
- ch.29: Harbourers on trial
- ch.30: The aftermath
- Summing up
- The families of the Clarke country
- The police in the Clarke hunt
- Bushranger country
- Epilogue: The Clarke gang in perspective
- Isbn
- 9781925078480
- Label
- The Clarke Gang : outlawed, outcast and forgotten
- Title
- The Clarke Gang
- Title remainder
- outlawed, outcast and forgotten
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter C Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Who were the Clarke Gang? Ten years or more before Ned Kelly became famous the Clarke brothers and their associates were terrorising an area stretching from present day Canberra to the coast from 1865 to 1867. They intimidated, assaulted, robbed and murdered police and civilians alike. They had no hesitation in killing any member of the gang suspected of being untrustworthy.The romantic appelation "bushranger" blurs their vicious anti-social behaviour. They were able to escape what was then the rather short arm of the law by the vast network of relations and "harbourers." The author details their exploits and the terror they aroused in the population. He asks why The Clarke Gang are hardly known whereas Ned Kelly is regarded as an icon. The Clarke Gang operated in sparsely populated areas, serviced by bad roads and a poor telegraph system. Reports of their crimes were reported in newspapers, sometimes months after the event. By the time Ned Kelly began his career the telegraph had improved, there were railways providing access - technology had improved. The improvement in technology meant that Ned could use the media and newspapers to publicise and romanticise himself and his motives. The Clarke brothers were illiterate and lacked Ned's media skills. The book is illustrated with contemporary pictures, numerous maps, and other details. The author shows bushranging stripped of its romantic, rebellious cloak
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Peter C.
- Dewey number
- 364.155
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Clarke, Tom
- Clarke Gang (New South Wales)
- Bushrangers
- Bushrangers
- Bushrangers
- New South Wales
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Clarke Gang : outlawed, outcast and forgotten, Peter C Smith
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
-
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ch.1: Down and out -- ch.2: Shannon to Shoalhaven -- ch.3: The seeds of crime -- ch.4: Places and early bushrangers -- ch.5: Gold -- ch.6: Neighbours and families of ill repute -- ch.7: Horse stealing to highway robbery -- ch.8: The New South Wales bushranging outbreak -- ch.9: Surrender and escape from Braidwood gaol -- ch.10: Serious bushranging -- ch.11: Robberies and shoot-outs -- ch.12: The crime wave continues and the territory broadens -- ch.13: The Nerrigundah raid and murder of Constable O'Grady -- ch.14: Summoned to surrender -- ch.15: Outlawed! -- ch.16: The death of Pat Connell -- ch.17: Constable Woodland provides an insight into police operation -- ch18: Introducing special police -- ch.19: Recruits and robberies, death of Old Clarke and Tom Connell's arrest -- ch.20: James Dornan, wholesale arrests, rising tensions -- ch.21: The murder of the special police -- ch.22: A call to action -- ch.23: The Braidwood commission and the state of crime -- ch.24: Arrests and reinforcement -- ch.25: The beginning of the end -- ch.26: The captures of the Clarkes -- ch.27: Trial and convictions -- ch.28: Execution -- ch.29: Harbourers on trial -- ch.30: The aftermath -- Summing up -- The families of the Clarke country -- The police in the Clarke hunt -- Bushranger country -- Epilogue: The Clarke gang in perspective
- Control code
- 000054180874
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 664 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925078480
- Lccn
- 2014481084
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles, 1 genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903004805
- Label
- The Clarke Gang : outlawed, outcast and forgotten, Peter C Smith
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
-
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ch.1: Down and out -- ch.2: Shannon to Shoalhaven -- ch.3: The seeds of crime -- ch.4: Places and early bushrangers -- ch.5: Gold -- ch.6: Neighbours and families of ill repute -- ch.7: Horse stealing to highway robbery -- ch.8: The New South Wales bushranging outbreak -- ch.9: Surrender and escape from Braidwood gaol -- ch.10: Serious bushranging -- ch.11: Robberies and shoot-outs -- ch.12: The crime wave continues and the territory broadens -- ch.13: The Nerrigundah raid and murder of Constable O'Grady -- ch.14: Summoned to surrender -- ch.15: Outlawed! -- ch.16: The death of Pat Connell -- ch.17: Constable Woodland provides an insight into police operation -- ch18: Introducing special police -- ch.19: Recruits and robberies, death of Old Clarke and Tom Connell's arrest -- ch.20: James Dornan, wholesale arrests, rising tensions -- ch.21: The murder of the special police -- ch.22: A call to action -- ch.23: The Braidwood commission and the state of crime -- ch.24: Arrests and reinforcement -- ch.25: The beginning of the end -- ch.26: The captures of the Clarkes -- ch.27: Trial and convictions -- ch.28: Execution -- ch.29: Harbourers on trial -- ch.30: The aftermath -- Summing up -- The families of the Clarke country -- The police in the Clarke hunt -- Bushranger country -- Epilogue: The Clarke gang in perspective
- Control code
- 000054180874
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 664 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925078480
- Lccn
- 2014481084
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles, 1 genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903004805
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