John Gilbert

Australian outlaw

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Australian gold rushes

  • Australian gold rush era
    In Australian gold rushes: Life and lawlessness on the goldfields

    …which included Ben Hall and John Gilbert, held up a coach at Eugowra as it was traveling from Forbes to Orange. The bushrangers escaped with £14,000 in gold and banknotes, an enormous sum. Gardiner was arrested two years later and spent 10 years in prison for the Eugowra robbery. Other…

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