Goulburn or the Coast 2 Traditional Cache
tiddalik: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.
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Another turn off to Goulburn in Bushranger country
Bungendore is a small town with a numerous specialty shops and old stone, brick and timber buildings. It is located in a beautiful valley near Lake George, 265 km south-west of Sydney, 26 km north-east of Queenbyan and 701 m above sea-level.
William Westwood Known as Jacky Jacky
'Gidleigh', just south of the present townsite, was established in 1833 by the son of Governor King. William Westwood, a convict, escaped from 'Gidleigh' around 1840 and became a bushranger known as 'Jacky Jacky'. He bailed up a number of people around the district in 1840-41. In 1841 he escaped custody several times (once being temporarily locked up in the Lake George Motel) before being captured and sentenced to Norfolk Island where he was hanged for murder in 1846.
In 1836 William Westwood was sent to Australia as a convict. He was only sixteen years old and had been found guilty of stealing a coat. He was sent out to work on a farm as a convict servant. He was very cruelly treated being whipped for even the most minor mistakes or offences.
Westwood ran away from the farm and joined a bushranger called Paddy Curran. Soon they split up and Westwood continued on his own. For a year he stole horses and robbed mail coaches, farms, shops and hotels. He also stole fine clothes as he liked to be well-dressed and play the gentleman bushranger.
Early in 1841 he was caught and locked up. A few days later he escaped and continued with his bushranging. Because he stole only the best and fastest horses he was very hard to catch. He covered distances so quickly that no one ever knew where he would turn up next. His first major set-back was when he went to a hotel and called for a meal. She grabbed hold of him and screamed. A carpenter working nearby rushed in and hit Westwood over the head with a hammer. He was then taken prisoner and given a jail sentence for life. Twice he tried to escape from jail, but each time he was caught. His third attempt to escape, from Port Arthur in Tasmania, was successful.
Once more he went back to bushranging but was soon caught. This time he was sent to the harsh Norfolk Island prison. Punishments included flogging, being chained up and being locked for a month in a small dark cell with no light at all. It was too much for Westwood. One day, when even harsher rules for the prison had been announced, he snapped. Calling on other convicts to follow him, he led a mad dash for freedom. The rebellion was quickly over, the convicts were no match for the armed soldiers and had to give way. In his break for freedom, Westwood had killed five men. He was hanged along with several other prisoners for the rebellion.
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