Granite tors near Uralla. These are Captain Thunderbolt's Rock. Thunderbolt was a New South Wales bushranger in the 1860s. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Granite tors near Uralla. These are Captain Thunderbolt's Rock. Thunderbolt was a New South Wales bushranger in the 1860s. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Captain Thunderbolt.Fred Ward or Captain Thunderbolt as he was later known was born near Tocal Station in the lower Hunter Valley in 1835. He worked at Tocal as a horse breaker in and a drover as he had a love and passion for working with horses. At age 21, Fred Ward was convicted of horse stealing whilst employed at Tocal and sentenced to ten years gaol. Four years later he was released on parole but he infringed his parole conditions by failing to turn up to a parolees muster and he was returned to gaol in 1861. In 1863 he escaped from gaol and began his life as a bushranger and escapee but first he married an Aboriginal woman and lived at Bourke for some time with his wife and two children. As an excellent horseman he could “ride like a thunderbolt” and thus this was the nickname ascribed to him. Between 1863 and 1869 he harassed travellers on the New England Tablelands but his drinking meant that he was nearly captured by police several times. He lived on his wits, his stolen earnings and he survived because of his excellent horsemanship. His escapade however, ended in May 1870 when he was shot by Constable Walker near Uralla. Thunderbolt was 36 years of age when shot. He was buried in the Uralla cemetery and the town now commemorates him with a large statue and his name on some rocks near where he was shot. Thunderbolt often used the granite boulders to hide behind before holding up travellers. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-07-07 22:28:58 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX30V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1000) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 10 mm |