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Born and raised in England, William Roberts was a [[Cooper (profession)|cooper]] by trade, with a wife and three children, when he was sentenced seven years for stealing a bucket and [[penal transportation|transported]] to [[New South Wales]].<ref name="Edwards2007">{{cite book|author=Barbara Malpass Edwards|title=Australia's Most Notorious Convicts: From Thieves and Bushrangers to Murderers and Cannibals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fYeDAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24|date=1 April 2007|publisher=Exisle Publishing|isbn=978-0-908988-88-4|pages=24–25}}</ref> He arrived in Australia in September 1833, and escaped from his first convict assignment the following year.<ref name="Edwards2007"/> Placed in [[Goulburn Correctional Centre|Goulburn Jail]] he met fellow convict Joseph Keys and the pair escaped together.<ref name="Edwards2007"/> |
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Roberts and Keys headed for the [[Monaro (New South Wales)|Monaro]] District, where they met up with Edward Boyd, and began bushranging.<ref name="Edwards2007"/> In December 1834, the three "stuck up" the station of Joseph Catterall, badly wounding the station overseer Charles Fisher Shepherd, who, in turn, shot and killed Roberts.<ref name="Edwards2007"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5934544 |title=BUSHRANGING. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=5 March 1879 |accessdate=18 December 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In January 1835, troopers caught up with Boyd and Keys, and Boyd was killed.<ref name="Edwards2007"/> Keys was captured and pleaded guilty.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42005078 |title=Law Intelligence. |newspaper=[[The Australian (1824 newspaper)|The Australian]] |location=Sydney |date=8 May 1835 |accessdate=18 December 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
Roberts and Keys headed for the [[Monaro (New South Wales)|Monaro]] District, where they met up with Edward Boyd, and began bushranging.<ref name="Edwards2007"/> In December 1834, the three "stuck up" the station of Joseph Catterall, badly wounding the station overseer Charles Fisher Shepherd, who, in turn, shot and killed Roberts.<ref name="Edwards2007"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5934544 |title=BUSHRANGING. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=5 March 1879 |accessdate=18 December 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In January 1835, troopers caught up with Boyd and Keys, and Boyd was killed.<ref name="Edwards2007"/> Keys was captured and pleaded guilty.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42005078 |title=Law Intelligence. |newspaper=[[The Australian (1824 newspaper)|The Australian]] |location=Sydney |date=8 May 1835 |accessdate=18 December 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* [http://www.cooma.nsw.gov.au/monaropioneers/explorers.htm Discovery of the Monaro] |
* [http://www.cooma.nsw.gov.au/monaropioneers/explorers.htm Discovery of the Monaro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207005928/http://www.cooma.nsw.gov.au/monaropioneers/explorers.htm |date=7 February 2006 }} |
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Latest revision as of 05:59, 18 February 2023
Jack the Rammer, alias of William Roberts, was a bushranger in the Monaro District near Cooma in New South Wales during the mid-1830s.
Life
[edit]Born and raised in England, William Roberts was a cooper by trade, with a wife and three children, when he was sentenced seven years for stealing a bucket and transported to New South Wales.[1] He arrived in Australia in September 1833, and escaped from his first convict assignment the following year.[1] Placed in Goulburn Jail he met fellow convict Joseph Keys and the pair escaped together.[1]
Roberts and Keys headed for the Monaro District, where they met up with Edward Boyd, and began bushranging.[1] In December 1834, the three "stuck up" the station of Joseph Catterall, badly wounding the station overseer Charles Fisher Shepherd, who, in turn, shot and killed Roberts.[1][2] In January 1835, troopers caught up with Boyd and Keys, and Boyd was killed.[1] Keys was captured and pleaded guilty.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Barbara Malpass Edwards (1 April 2007). Australia's Most Notorious Convicts: From Thieves and Bushrangers to Murderers and Cannibals. Exisle Publishing. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-908988-88-4.
- ^ "BUSHRANGING". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 5 March 1879. p. 6. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Law Intelligence". The Australian. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1835. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- Jack the Rammer
- Discovery of the Monaro Archived 7 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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