jack doolan, the wild colonial boy.

jack donahue, the wild colonial boy.

personal details-

•Jack doolan was born on the 28th of April 1856 in Castlemaine, Victoria.

•His parents, William Dooling and Ann nee burke were Irish ex convicts.

•When john was 12 he was apprenticed to a shoemaker.

•Jack stabbed a fellow apprentice so he was charged on grievous bodily harm, and sentenced a year to reformatory ship. He was released in February 1870.

Did he have an alias?

• His nickname was the wild colonial boy. He was called this because he was young and Australian born, and that was the name he was given.

What caused him to become a bushranger?

• There is no known reason why jack donahue became a bush ranger.

Did he join a gang and if so who was in this gang?

• he was in a gang called ‘the strippers’

• They were given this name because they stripped wealthy land owners of their clothes, money and food. The servants who worked in the farms helped the bushrangers by providing information about their masters and the whereabouts of people

An outline on the crimes he committed

• Attempt to commit felony

• Robbing coaches on a trade route

• Escaped from jail several times

• Theft of food and money

• Killed people for shelter

Punishment or fate he met- was he caught? How old was he when he died? Did he die a violent death?

• He met various deaths all the time, but escaped jail various times.

• September 1830, he was shot to the head and died.

• He was remembered a hero after this

Reward offered?

• In 1829 a reward was offered for 50 pounds for the capture of jack

The behaviour of police towards him?

• The police didn’t like jack at all because he always escaped from jail and they could never capture him.

your overall opinion of his character and personality?

the wild colonial boy was a villian and a hero, he was villian because he did so many bad things but a hero because he escaped from jail numerous times. The bad things he did do overtake the good but he is always remembered and to some people he is a hero.

this is a poem about jack donahue, the wild colonial boy.

The wild colonial boy- my banjo Paterson.

He was his father's only hope, his mother's only joy,

And dearly did his parents love the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus

Come, all my hearties, we'll roam the mountains high,

Together we will plunder, together we will die.

We'll wander over valleys, and gallop over plains,

And we'll scorn to live in slavery, bound down with iron

chains.

He was scarcely sixteen years of age when he left his father's home,

And through Australia's sunny clime a bushranger did roam.

He robbed those wealthy squatters, their stock he did destroy,

And a terror to Australia was the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus: Come, all my hearties, &c.

In sixty-one this daring youth commenced his wild career,

With a heart that knew no danger, no foeman did he fear.

He stuck up the Beechworth mail coach, and robbed Judge MacEvoy,

Who trembled, and gave up his gold to the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus: Come, all my hearties, &c.

He bade the Judge "Good morning," and told him to beware,

That he'd never rob a hearty chap that acted on the square,

And never to rob a mother of her son and only joy,

Or else you may turn outlaw, like the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus: Come, all my hearties, &c.

One day as he was riding the mountain side along,

A-listening to the little birds, their pleasant laughing song,

Three mounted troopers rode along-Kelly, Davis, and FitzRoy.

They thought that they would capture him-the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus: Come, all my hearties, &c.

"Surrender now, Jack Doolan, you see there's three to one.

Surrender now, Jack Doolan, you daring highwayman."

He drew a pistol from his belt, and shook the little toy.

"I'll fight, but not surrender," said the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus: Come, all my hearties, &c.

He fired at Trooper Kelly, and brought him to the ground,

And in return from Davis received a mortal wound.

All shattered through the jaws he lay still firing at FitzRoy,

And that's the way they captured him-the wild Colonial boy.

Chorus: Come, all my hearties, &c.

It will be noticed that the same chorus is sung to both

"The Wild Colonial Boy" and "Bold Jack Donahoo."

Several versions of both songs were sent in, but the same

chorus was always made to do duty for both songs

bibliography

• www.wikipeadea.com/jackdonahoo
• www.google.com
• http://www.australianhistory.org/jack-donahue
• http://about.nsw.gov.au/encyclopedia/article/bushranger-jack-donohue/

• The police didn’t like jack at all because he always escaped from jail and they could never capture him.