Fred ward captain thunderbolt biography definition
Frederick Wordsworth Ward (Captain Thunderbolt) – Hill End ......
Captain Thunderbolt
Australian bushranger (1835–1870)
For the 1953 film, see Captain Thunderbolt (film).
Fred ward captain thunderbolt biography definition
For the South Australian criminal, see John Kerney. For Australian furniture & interior designer, see Frederick Charles Ward.
Frederick Wordsworth Ward (c. 1835 – 25 May 1870), better known by the self-styledpseudonym of Captain Thunderbolt, was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island, and also for his reputation as the "gentleman bushranger" and his lengthy survival, being the longest-roaming bushranger in Australian history.[1]
Early years
Frederick Ward was the son of convict Michael Ward, ("Indefatigable" 1815) and his wife Sophia,[2] and was born in about 1835, the youngest of ten around the time his parents moved from Wilberforce to nearby Windsor.[3] Ward entered the paid workforce at an early age, and was employed at the age of eleven by the owners of "Aberbaldie Station" near Walcha as a "generall