Bushrangers
By Veronica Trinh
Bushrangers
Era of the bushranging
Becoming a bushranger
Many people wanted to become a bushranger because men (and some women) thought society treated them bad and if their farming does't work out, then they won't have any benefits. Therefore, they would want to become a bushranger to steal essentials. Also people were tired of being bossed around by the government all the time. If you were like Ned Kelly, he was a bushranger because he was born cold-hearted, rebellious and killer. Besides that, young lads were just looking for fun, adventure and freedom, instead of the old same everyday chores. Some bushrangers were bolters. They had escaped from prison and were criminals and runaway convicts. They didn't want to have such a miserable life being a convict, so they became bushrangers. They were one of the first kind of people to become bushrangers.