Frank gardiner bushranger biography
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Frank Gardiner
Australian bushranger (1830–1882)
For those of a similar name, see Frank Gardner (disambiguation).
Frank Gardiner | |
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Gardiner, 1864 | |
| Born | Francis Christie 1830 Rosshire, Scotland |
| Died | c. 1882 San Francisco, United States |
| Other names | Andrew Taylor; Frank Clarke; Frank Jones; Frank Gardiner; 'The Darkie' |
| Occupation | Bushranger |
| Children | John Gardiner |
Frank Gardiner (1830 – c. 1882) was an Australian bushranger who became notorious for his lead role in the largest gold heist in Australian history, at Eugowra, New South Wales in June 1862. Gardiner and his gang, which included bushrangers Ben Hall, John O'Meally and John Gilbert, made off with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold, worth about $10 million in modern Australian currency.[1]
After the Eugowra robbery, Gardiner escaped to Queensland, where he ran a general store until he was tracked down by police in 1864. Following his arrest, he was tried at the S
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Few names stand out in bushranging history quite like the self proclaimed “Prince of Tobeymen” han själv – Frank Gardiner. Often considered the godfather of bushranging, he was responsible for the largest gold heist in colonial Australian history and introduced many of the big names to bushranging.
Gardiner was born in Rosshire, Scotland in 1830 as Francis Christie. He had a brother and two sisters who accompanied he and his parents on board the ship James to New South Wales in 1834. Settling at Boro Creek near Goulburn, the family kept a low profile until Frank hit adolescence.
Young Frank Christie first veered from the straight and narrow path when he began adopting false names to engage in lager theft. Teaming up with Jack Newton he stole two racehorses from Jugiong Station and took them across the border into Victoria. Adding William Troy to the cohort, they stole more horses and accrued a mob of thirty they planned to sell in Adelaide. The plans were scupper
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Paper Back. Condition: Fine. First Edition. This book is light, and postage will be reduced for shipment. Frank Gardiner was a national celebrity in his own time. In 1862 he and his gang pulled off the biggest robbery of colonial times, relieving the Forbes-Sydney gold escort of bullion and banknotes worth around $4 million in today's money. Though a hardened criminal, Gardiner had qualities that set him apart from most of the thuggish misfits and murderers of the bushranging fraternity. He was intelligent, energetic, disciplined and brave, with great physical and mental endurance and outstanding powers of leadership. He was famously lucky too and, unlike many of his peers, he survived more than his three score years and ten. After paying for his crimes with a ten-year stint in Darlinghurst Gaol, he emigrated to California where he began a new life as a prosperous businessman, running a saloon in San Francisco's notorious 'Barbary Coast' district before reputedly ma