Black Bunny's Bushrangers (T) - Alexander Pearce. Oolong, New South Wales, Australia
By
Black Bunny on 04-May-19. Waypoint GA6019
Cache Details
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| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S34° 47.423' E149° 13.369' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 703369E 6147950N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 659 m |
| Local Government Area: | Upper Lachlan |
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Description
Bushranger Series - Alexander Pearce.
Alexander Pearce
Following through with the theme of madness is the disturbing Alexander Pearce, a convict who escaped the Macquarie Harbour Penal Colony in 1822 with seven others. Desperate, starving and disoriented in the bush for several weeks, three men abandoned the group while the other five began to murder and eat each other. Pearce was the only survivor.
He had made it as far as the Derwent River, Tasmania where he joined up with other bushrangers. Eventually, he was captured by authorities near Hobart and was returned to Macquarie Harbour.
Pearce attempted another escape shortly thereafter, this time with only one other convict. Again, he turned to cannibalism. When authorities finally caught him, they hanged him.
"If we want to demonise bushrangers, he's a good example because of that psychopathic nature," says Associate Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart from the University of Tasmania. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2014/10/australias-most-notorious-bushrangers
Bushrangers.
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 Glenrowan.
Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term "bushranger" had evolved to refer to those who abandoned social rights and privileges to take up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base.
Bushranging thrived during the gold rush years of the 1850s and 1860s when the likes of Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner and John Gilbert led notorious gangs in the country districts of New South Wales. These Wild Colonial Boys typically robbed small-town banks and coach services.
In other infamous cases, such as that of Dan Morgan, the Clarke brothers, and Australia's best-known bushranger, Ned Kelly, numerous policemen were murdered.
The number of bushrangers declined due to better policing and improvements in rail transport and communication technology, such as telegraphy. Kelly's capture and execution in 1880 effectively represented the end of the bushranging era.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushranger
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Logs
Thanks to both Just a Cacher and Black Bunny for a few more caches in the every growing Bushranger series.
I headed out for a run along the back-roads and Hume-HWY between Yass and Gunning. I chose this route to collect caches that has popped up, to avenge DNF’s and to collect caches I missed last time, I did this run (back in 2016). I found a good mixture of caches both in sizes and types of hides. Most were quick finds and all caches were signed and replaced except for three DNF’s and one NA. Out of 45 attempted caches, which is a mixture of both GC and GCA, I ended up finding 41 of them. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring enjoyment to me and the rest of the caching community. 
TFTC’s and TFTTP’s Another well maintained and impressive cache in this series.
This series was the first that we had ever found that weren't cemetery hides though.
Thanks.
The published coordinates took us straight to his stash which we failed to see immediately. Its amazing how this cache blended so well into its surroundings.
Thanks for this cache in your bushranger series Black Bunny. The container andcontents were in good condition.
Nice to get off the highway and travel the old road again (which I had done many many times over the years). All caches found OK.
Thanks,
Quick find on all these once we realised they were on the Old Hume. Thanks for the history lessons too.
With all these nice new GCA Trads in the area plus May Madness bonus points up for grabs we headed out for a mostly GCA run. It was a easy run along the old Hume picking these up one by one. Some interesting stories about the Bushrangers - most of which I never knew before. All were quick finds once at GZ.
Thanks Just a Cacher and Black Bunny !!
