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Posted: 24 Nov 2018


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memorial
Clarke gang
bushrangers
Southern tablelands
historic site
NSW
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Special Constables
murder


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And then!

And then!
With the wisdom of hindsight, the Special Constables (bounty hunters) should have seen the warning signs. Finally, they literally walked into an ambush in January 1867. After interviewing several people on rural properties they walked in from the top left of the scene in the first PiP. Several people, hiding in the trees to the right, promptly shot two of them (second PiP). The remaining two retreated down hill, but were stopped and shot in the right of the main image (also third PiP). Their deaths were discovered the following day. Given the (at best) frosty relationship between the Specials and the regular police, I find it slightly ironic that, after 150 years, the NSW police have now claimed the Special Constables as their own (fourth PiP).

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 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Well captured George.
Thank you for the story with PiP's.
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Great historical shots and info!

Admired in:
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5 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
This image is more about sitting and thinking than appreciating something beautiful. Marking a spot that changed history for this area and its people, I read your text and also the text on the signs you so kindly provided, and I thought about what that day might have been like. A long road up to this point, ending with such tragedy. Ambushes are horrible things when the direction is from evil aimed towards the just. Again I am reminded of the wild west of the USA. Such similarities, and it's a terrible shame to reflect on all of this.

An excellent installment.
5 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
You had your "colorful" frontier violence too! (Not so colorful for the victims, of course.) We might say the constables were "bushwhacked"--do you use that word? Seems to fit with "bushranger," which we don't use!
5 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Wild days, strange how NSW police have claimed after 150 years.
5 years ago.
 Jeff Farley
Jeff Farley
A very interesting story and a great picture depicting the scene George.
5 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Interesting story!
5 years ago.
 Chris10
Chris10 club
Indrukwekkende foto en PiP's George!!

Groet, Christien.
5 years ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
Love it, George!
5 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
wonderful this

Happy new week:)
5 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Good work ;-)
Have a great new week my friend.
5 years ago.

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