Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up " See more

In Australia, bushrangers often attract public sympathy (cf. the concept of social bandits). In Australian history and iconography bushrangers are held in some esteem in … See more

• Bushrangers trail at Picture Australia
• Bushrangers at Australianhistory website
• Bushrangers on the National Museum of Australia website See more

The earliest documented use of the term appears in a February 1805 issue of The Sydney Gazette, which reports that a cart had been stopped between Sydney and Hawkesbury See more

Over 2,000 bushrangers are estimated to have roamed the Australian countryside, beginning with the convict bolters and drawing to a close after Ned Kelly's last stand at See more

The impact of bushrangers upon the areas in which they roamed is evidenced in the names of many geographical features in Australia, including See more