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Yes; during the goldrush, the bushrangers would steal gold. However, they preferred to steal cash as no exchange was required.
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Are there different types of bushrangers?
Yes, there were different types of bushrangers. The first group were the convict bolters, who were the escaped convicts who stole in order to survive. The most famous of these was John 'Black' Caesar. Then there were the 'wild colonial boys', the bushrangers before the gold rush, and who were often bd out in the bush, some of free settlers. 'Bold' Jack Donohoe epitomised these bushrangers. After 1851, there were the Goldrush bushrangers, which included Australia's most famous bushrangers, such as Ned Kelly, Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall and Thunderbolt.
How much gold did the vikings steal?
the vikings ate rats and did not steal gold they stole silver.
What did Mary Ann Bugg Steal?
Mary Ann Bugg was convicted for stealing meat including sheep and lambs. She is known for being one of the best female bushrangers of her time.
Can gold mines in ancient Egypt be shown?
no because people might steal the gold
What crimes did bushrangers commit?
Bushrangers usually committed murder, robbery, theft, assault and other crimes.
Why the bushrangers steal and rob things?
because they won't more money and gold
Why did many men become bushrangers in the gold rush?
They wernt to keen on diging for gold it was easier for them to steal it. ---- Gold nuggets were transported by coach to the cities along narrow and/or rough tracks. Even though coaches carrying gold had Trooper escorts, it was very easy to ambush the coaches around a corner, or by blocking the track with a fallen tree or log. As the above answer suggests, it was a lot easier for bushrangers to steal the gold than to dig for it. Gold prospecting was very hard work.
What did bushrangers steal?
The first bushrangers were escapees of the convict system. They had no where else to go besides the bush. Technically they did need to steal because they couldn't go back to where they started, asking for food. They stole horses, food from farms, they robbed banks and they robbed from the rich. Some people became bushrangers perhaps out of boredom, and some where desperate to get away from everything.
Did bushrangers mine for gold?
of course, NOT!
Are bushrangers and gold thieves the same?
Not at all. Bushrangers were simply bandits on horseback. Sometimes they stole gold; more often they stole money from travellers.
Did Harry Power steal for the poor or for himself?
All bushrangers stole only for themselves.
Why was there so many bushrangers in the 1700s to the 1800s?
The high numbers of bushrangers in the 1700s and early 1800s were due to the numbers of escaped convicts. Becoming a bushranger was often the only way for an escaped convict to survive. Numbers of bushrangers after 1851 increased as a result of the gold rushes. Coaches or people on horseback carrying gold from the goldfields were easy targets for bushrangers.
Bushrangers where common in?
Bushrangers are common in NSW, Queensland and Victoria, but they lived all over Australia. During the gold rushes they were most common in places where their were a lot of money and gold, or along the 'money routes'.
When was Steal Their Gold created?
Steal Their Gold was created on 2005-09-26.
How do you stop a leprechaun?
You steal his pot of gold.
Are there different types of bushrangers?
Yes, there were different types of bushrangers. The first group were the convict bolters, who were the escaped convicts who stole in order to survive. The most famous of these was John 'Black' Caesar. Then there were the 'wild colonial boys', the bushrangers before the gold rush, and who were often bd out in the bush, some of free settlers. 'Bold' Jack Donohoe epitomised these bushrangers. After 1851, there were the Goldrush bushrangers, which included Australia's most famous bushrangers, such as Ned Kelly, Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall and Thunderbolt.
Name two important bushrangers?
bushrangers
