A female bushranger steps out of the shadows after a chance discovery in the pages of an old newspaper

By James McDonald
May 2 2020 - 12:00am
The Yass River, site of some of the violent exploits of bushranger John Tennant. Picture: Jamila Toderas. Inset: John Casey and Caroline Purcell. Picture: Supplied
The Yass River, site of some of the violent exploits of bushranger John Tennant. Picture: Jamila Toderas. Inset: John Casey and Caroline Purcell. Picture: Supplied

Until recently, there were only two known female bushrangers from 19th-century Australia. Mrs Thunderbolt and Black Mary were both Aboriginal women who were not taken seriously in their own right and stood in the shadows of famous partners.

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