Black Bunny's Bushrangers (T) - Bold Jack Donohoe. Lade Vale, New South Wales, Australia
By
Black Bunny on 23-Apr-19. Waypoint GA6023
Cache Details
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| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S34° 49.712' E149° 5.009' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 690531E 6143992N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 632 m |
| Local Government Area: | Upper Lachlan |
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Description
Black Bunny's Bushrangers - Bold Jack Donohoe.
'Bold Jack' John Donohoe
Another Irish convict-turned-bushranger was 'Bold Jack' John Donohoe. He arrived in Sydney from Dublin as an 18-year-old in January 1825 to serve a life sentence on a settler's farm in Parramatta.
Donohoe escaped with two other convicts and together they formed a gang known as 'The Strippers' – named after their technique for taking everything from wealthy settlers. All three were eventually captured and sentenced to death.
Donohoe escaped whilst being transported to the gaol.
Eventually, he formed another gang of brazen bushrangers known as 'The Wild Colonial Boys'.
His bushranging days came to an end in a showdown with a contingent of soldiers and police on 1 September 1830. It was said that he shouted "come on" to the officers before dying from a shot fired by Trooper Michael Muggleston.
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 good coordinates led us to Jack's stash. It was guarded by a prickly group of bushes. We were glad it was winter as it would be harder to access the hide when the trees were in full leaf and thorn.
Thanks for Jack Donohoe's stash Black Bunny. We found it 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.
Called in here to do this series before I headed up the mountain.
All found OK. Thanks,
