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BUSHRANGER

CAPTAIN THUNDERBOLT

AND HIS LADY

MARY ANN BUGG

Bushranger Frederick Wordsworth Ward (1835-1870) became known as

Captain Thunderbolt or just Thunderbolt. 

 

His lover, Mary Ann Bugg (1834-1905) became known as

The Captain's Lady. 

 

They were the subjects of Carol Baxter's book, Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady,

which was published to critical acclaim and is being turned into a TV series. 

 

The information contained in this section of Carol Baxter's website was extracted from her huge Thunderbolt website (published 2011) which has now been abandoned (2024). Only some of the web pages have been moved to this website. You can link to the following:

Frederick Ward 

Biography
Family Background
Timelines
Accomplices
Debunking the Myths

Mary Ann Bugg

Biography
Timelines
"Husbands" and children
Debunking the Myths

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