Bandits, heroes and villains: A view from a settler colony

Foster, M

Bandits, heroes and villains: A view from a settler colony

Foster, M

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Publisher:: Wiley
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: History Compass, 2024, 22, (5)
Issue Date:: 2024-05

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dc.contributor.author	Foster, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6741-0704
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-09T01:35:10Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-09T01:35:10Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05
dc.identifier.citation	History Compass, 2024, 22, (5)
dc.identifier.issn	1478-0542
dc.identifier.issn	1478-0542
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/178758
dc.description.abstract	<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>‘Bushrangers’ were late 18th to early 20th‐century bandits who lived in the Australian bush through the proceeds of crime, but today, they are national legends. A particular constellation of factors led to the white male bushranger's status as a national hero in Australia. By charting the development of bushranging historiography alongside bushranging in practice and the bushranging myth, this article will demonstrate the distinctive Australian and settler colonial dimensions of this bandit tradition. In describing how white bushranging men came to national prominence, the piece will also draw attention to those excluded from this legend—women and people of colour, with particular reference to Aboriginal people. The Australian bushranging myth, as it exists today, was not an organic or natural development. It was actively constructed by white settlers, including white settler historians.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof	History Compass
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/hic3.12801
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	2103 Historical Studies
dc.subject.classification	4303 Historical studies
dc.title	Bandits, heroes and villains: A view from a settler colony
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	22
utslib.for	2103 Historical Studies
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2024-05-09T01:35:09Z
pubs.issue	5
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	22
utslib.citation.issue	5

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Abstract‘Bushrangers’ were late 18th to early 20th‐century bandits who lived in the Australian bush through the proceeds of crime, but today, they are national legends. A particular constellation of factors led to the white male bushranger's status as a national hero in Australia. By charting the development of bushranging historiography alongside bushranging in practice and the bushranging myth, this article will demonstrate the distinctive Australian and settler colonial dimensions of this bandit tradition. In describing how white bushranging men came to national prominence, the piece will also draw attention to those excluded from this legend—women and people of colour, with particular reference to Aboriginal people. The Australian bushranging myth, as it exists today, was not an organic or natural development. It was actively constructed by white settlers, including white settler historians.

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