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Notorious bushranger Johnston captured after long chase
The 1868 arrest of bushranger Quantey Johnsrox in the Mudgee district ends weeks of pursuit by Messrs. Blackman and Wood. The narrative details a 100 mile chase from Naragambil to Mundooran and Sawpit Gully, finishing with Johnston surrendering after a standoff near Cassilis.
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Quantey Johnsrox
Mudgee
Messrs
Robert Wood
Tonabutta
Blackman
Wood
Mr. Blackman
Johnston
Cooyal
Naragambil Springs
Merotherie
Denison Town
Barney’s Reef
Slapdash
Mr. Sampson
Smith
Sampson
Barney
Mundooran
Qonstable Webb
Hedger
Breelong
Mr. Digg
Mount Granby
Richardson
Wallaroo
Bolaro
Merrygeen
Talbragar
New's
Plankett
Morley
New
Salter
Cluff’s
Reedy Creek
Martin
McDonald’s
Maitland Road
Blackman's
Cooval
Green Hills
Carroll’s
Cassilis
Tongay
Gunyah
Qassilia
Fitzgerald
Ganysh
Charley
Narragambil
Denison
Castlereagh
Four Mile Station
Apple Tree Flat
Bundullah
Merrygoon
Barney's Reef
Sawyers
Sam
Myself