Bogong Jack and the Trooper

DESCRIPTION: "There's a story told about Bogong Jack, and I won't go bail it's true." He wasn't a great outlaw, but "he couldn't resist a beautiful horse." He traps a pursuing trooper in a creek, then rescues him. The trooper quits the force
AUTHOR: John Manifold (osource: Scott-BushrangerBallads)
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Scott-BushrangerBallads)
KEYWORDS: outlaw river rescue horse police
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-BushrangerBallads, pp. 60-62, "Bogong Jack and the Trooper" (1 text)
File: ScBB060

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