Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 Sam Poo Was Australia's Only Chinese Bushranger
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A chronicle of the short bushranging career of a Chinese man who turned from panning for gold to holding up people on the road. He soon killed a constable and was captured and hanged.

Affiliation Notes

  • Contains mention of Chinese people in Australia.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 20 February 1936 Z1642797 1936 newspaper issue 1936 pg. 10
Last amended 23 Jan 2012 15:12:24
10 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23381448 Sam Poo Was Australia's Only Chinese Bushrangersmall AustLit logo The Queenslander
Subjects:
  • Mudgee area, Gulgong - Mudgee - Rylstone area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • 1865
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