The Wild Colonial Boys: Australia's Most Notorious Bush Rangers
by Paula Hunt

Awards

Shortlisted
2008 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing

Shortlisted
Best Non-Fiction
2008 Crime Writer’s Association of Australia Ned Kelly Awards


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These are Our Stories. From bushrangers and prime ministers to how Australian inventions have changed the world.

Australia's first bushranger arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788 with the First Fleet. During the 1800s there were hundreds of bushrangers roaming the Australian countryside, living off what they could rob from others. In 1901, the same year Australia became a nation, one of our last bushrangers was hanged for his crimes. They are as much a part of our history as the arrival of the First Fleet and Federation.


  • Junior non-fiction
  • Paperback 56pp
  • ISBN 9781742030166
  • World ex ANZ rights available

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