Moon Dye Joe

Moondyne Joe Joseph Bolitho Johns (c. February 1826 - 13 August 1900), better known as Moondyne Joe, was an English convict and Western Australia 's best-known bushranger. Born into poor and relatively difficult circumstances, he became something of a petty criminal robber with a strong sense of self.

The Enquirer reported about Moondyne Joe and the other two escaped convicts who were caught near Westonia, and it was the first time the name Moondyne Joe was mentioned officially. For the Aborigines, Fremantle was Moondyne in their language and for Joe, Moondyne was more home than a prison, according to the article. The name "Moondyne Joe" appeared in the press for the first time on 8 August in relation to this escape, cementing Johns into Western Australian history and folklore.

The Bush Music Club: Moondyne Joe and other Sandgroper Ballads (1969) by L.G. Montgomery

Governor Hampton described Joe as an "immense scoundrel". The name "Moondyne" is thought to have originated from Joe's hiding spot in the Moondyne Hills near Toodyay. Moondyne Joe, 1880.

Courtesy Hesperian Press and Ian Elliot. 1831 Born somewhere in United Kingdom (exact location not known). 1848 A police sergeant stopped Joe and his travelling companion near Monmouth in Wales, suspicious of the fact that they were out on the open road at 2.30 a.m.

Moondyne Joe escaped from prison so many times that the government had to build a special ...

When questioned, their answers seemed unsatisfactory. They were taken to a nearby dwelling, and the bags they. His story, and how he became known as Moondyne Joe, is a lesser-known tale from the history archives but an intriguing one nonetheless.

Joseph Bolitho Johns Childhood And Early Years Depending on your source, Joseph Bolitho Johns was born in either Cornwall or Wales in 1826. He was the youngest of three to parents Thomas Johns and Mary Bolitho. Moondyne Joe, born Joseph Bolitho Johns in 1826 in Wales, became an infamous Australian bushranger known for his repeated escapes from prison.

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Transported to. Joseph Johns, aka Moondyne Joe, was Australia's most notorious prison escapee. (Public Domain) "If you get out again, I'll forgive you," Western Australia's governor John Hampton told Johns mockingly.

The story of Moondyne JoeMOONDYNE JOE - Although many people already know the story of Moondyne Joe it is such an important story in our folklore that we can hardly leave it out. Moondyne Joe's major claim to fame is that he was Western Australia's most famous bushranger. His real name was Joseph Bolitho Johns.

He was the son of a Welsh blacksmith and was imprisoned in 1849 for the theft of. Moondyne Joe After years of irritation from Moondyne Joe, Governor John Hampton (Governor of Western Australia from 1861-1868) had lost patience. There were rumours of his corrupt use of prisoners for financial gain.

He was unpopular with the prisoners, with an unprecedented number of 'breakouts' and the 'settlers were openly mocking him in the streets'. Every year, a small town in Western Australia's Wheatbelt re-creates the life of an escape artist and bushranger, with the spectacle attracting thousands of visitors.

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