A Brief Summary Of Daniel's 'Mad Dog' Morgan

Daniel ‘Mad Dog’ Morgan
2010
Christina Chong
Society & Environment
5/31/2010

In the 19th century bushrangers were classified as robbers. They settled in areas like bush and forests as their base. Most of the bushrangers were convicts from Britain who have escaped from assigned penal colonies in NSW and Van Diemen’s Land (currently known as Tasmania). By 1850’s an increase of ambush and robbery began because of the gold rush. The last bushranger had disappeared by 1880. Most bushrangers were not shot by police but were hung for their punishment in front of crowds so they could be ashamed and embarrassed.

The bush ranger that I have chosen is Daniel Morgan also known as Mad Dog or ‘Daniel Mad Morgan. The son of Jack Fuller,
He immediately ordered the overseer to find a doctor but instead his mood changed one again and shot the overseer as he was riding away.
The worker survived but the overseer was very badly shot, for a few days Morgan sat right beside him but he died few days later.

The Peechelba Raid
Before his death he raided the Peechelba Station, which belongs to Mr. McPherson. He lined everyone up and ordered some tea and prisoners, so he called them, to play music and keep him company; he was quite talkative at the time, talking about his childhood and parents. Morgan allowed one of the nurses to go to the nursery and attend an infant but instead she crept outside and told Mr. Rutherford, who was Mr. McPherson partner that lived on the same property; Mr. Rutherford told a worker to alert the police.
By dawn the party of police was hidden among the bushes waiting to ambush Morgan. When he came out to the stockyard to select a horse to ride away with…
Morgan’s Death (9th April 1865)
…when Peechelba stockmen named John Quinlan, fired. Morgan was shot in the back, near the shoulder blade, the bullet shot out the other end through the wind pipes. He didn’t die at the scene but he did die hours
Directed by | Philippe Mora | Produced by | Jeremy Thomas
Richard Brennan | Written by | Margaret Carnegie
Philippe Mora | Starring | Dennis Hopper
Jack Thompson
David Gulpilil
Frank Thring
Michael Pate | Music by | Patrick Flynn | Cinematography | Mike Molloy | Editing by | John Scott | Distributed by | Troma Entertainment | Release date(s) | 1976 | Running time | 99 minutes | Country | Australia | Language | English |
The Impact that Morgan had on Australia and/or Australians that Philippe Mora directed a movie called “Mad Dog Morgan” and his adventures; starring Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson and David Gulpilil.

Daniel Mad Dog Morgan was after all just a bushranger that was forced to become a bushranger after being a hunted man, but I guess that was his problem and the way he was brought up. Then again life was pretty tough and rough in those time…

Websites: http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_Modules/bushrangers/bushrangers.htm http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10351b.htm http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074836/ Books:
The Lure of Gold by Pamela Graham
Britannia Encyclopedia, letter