Black Bunny's Bushrangers (T) - Gentleman Martin Cash. Jerrawa, New South Wales, Australia
By
Black Bunny on 22-Apr-19. Waypoint GA6021
Cache Details
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| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S34° 49.223' E149° 3.801' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 688708E 6144934N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 650 m |
| Local Government Area: | Upper Lachlan |
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Description
Bushranger Series - Gentleman Martin Cash.
Martin (Gentleman Bushranger) Cash.
'Gentleman Bushranger' Martin Cash was easily one of Australia's most considerate criminals. Cash was originally sent to Sydney from Ireland in 1827 for shooting a rival suitor in the buttocks. After serving seven years, he left for Tasmania as a free man only to be charged shortly after with theft and sentenced to a further seven years at the Port Arthur Penal Settlement.
During one escape attempt, Cash joined forces with experienced bushrangers George Jones and Lawrence Kavanagh to form a gang called 'Cash & Co.'. Together, they stole from wealthy settlers and inns without violence, earning them the title of 'Gentlemen Bushrangers'. Cash died in his bed at age 69.
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 
Again accurate coordinates enabled us to quickly uncover Martins stash. Again we found a large, well stocked box - Martin enjoyed the finer things of life.
After signing his visitors book we replaced his cache and hid it from view. Thanks for this cache Blacck Bunny and for reminding us of his history. The container and contents were in good condition.
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 !!
Cache in good condition. And great caches. Love the effort gone into this series.
After my trip to the mountain, followed down the road to grab these.
All found OK. Thanks,
