I wander where the phantoms of past ages sleep
I need to do a bushranger movie marathon one of these days.
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From the trailer for Captain Thunderbolt (1953)
![Children experience the wonders of 19th-century Australian banditry under a statue of Ned Kelly. [Exchange to Oz]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6o5bhIYgZ1qigaa4o1_500.jpg)
Children experience the wonders of 19th-century Australian banditry under a statue of Ned Kelly. [Exchange to Oz]
A bushranger sketch by Ben Juers.
Captain Thunderbolt, 1953, based on the exploits of Captain Thunderbolt.
From the Flickr feed of the Australian Film and Sound Archive, a screenshot of the 1953 Australian western Captain Thunderbolt, inspired by the real-life exploits of outback outlaw Frederick Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt.
Samuel Stote: What’s a misanthrope, Arthur?
Two Bob: Some bugger who fuckin’ hates every other bugger.
Samuel Stote: Hey, I didn’t ask you, you black bastard.
Arthur Burns: He’s right Samuel. A misanthrope is one who hates humanity.
Samuel Stote: Is that what we are, misanthropes?
Arthur Burns: Good lord, no. We’re a family.
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Judging from the spoilery Troma featurette I just watched, the 1976 Australian outlaw film Mad Dog Morgan was an insane production that gave us an insane-looking movie, like good insane. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
The Proposition, John Hillcoat, 2005
Lobby cards for the 1977 Australian western Raw Deal.
Australia’s most legendary “bushranger” Ned Kelly is captured in the 1906 silent feature The Story of the Kelly Gang.
The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005)
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Mick Jagger as the titular outback outlaw in the 1970 bushranger film Ned Kelly, directed by Tony Richardson.
A detail from the “siege at the Glenrowan Hotel” during 1906 Australian silent feature The Story of the Kelly Gang. You can watch and download this and other surviving sequences of the world’s first feature film at Australian Screen.
A shootout in the the 1906 Australian silent film The Story of the Kelly Gang, possibly the first feature-length film ever produced.
