Mary Ann Bugg — the girl who became a fierce bushranger

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Mary Ann Bugg was an Aboriginal woman who became a savvy bushranger and accomplice to Captain Thunderbolt. Mary Ann was the bushranger's spy, riding ahead into towns to check for police. She used her bush skills to gather and hunt food for the group of bushrangers she rode with. Mary Ann used her first-class education and stunning beauty to fool the troopers and avoid being caught. Narrated by singer-songwriter Thelma Plum.

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0:00.0	This is the story of the girl who became a fierce
0:07.0	girl power
0:11.0	This is the story of the girl who became a fierce bush ranger, Mary Ann Bug, read by singer- Herrittled away. Her ears
0:25.0	N'erne Bugg
0:31.0	jolted awake.
0:32.0	Her ears pricked up as the rest of the gang snort around her.
0:35.0	It didn't sound like a dingo, but Mary Ann's sense there was something dangerous lurking in the bush outside.
0:43.4	The hairs on her arm stood on end.
0:46.6	Mary Ann gasped.
0:49.3	The snaps were feet, human feet cracking tweaks as they cautiously stepped through the scrub right near her hut.
0:57.1	It had to be the police.
0:58.3	P, P, Marianne whispered, troopers.
1:01.9	The other bush rangers stirred. Get up, she hissed.
1:04.7	Or you'll all be done for. Captain Thunderbolt slipped on his boots,
1:08.6	kissed Mary Ann's cheek and darted out the door.
1:11.3	Marianne rolled her eyes.
1:14.0	Her husband had become one of Australia's most famous Bush Rangers,
1:18.0	but he wouldn't be anywhere without her.
1:20.0	She was always protecting him.
1:22.0	Captain Thunderbolt strikes again.
1:25.0	The headline read.
1:27.0	Captain Thunderbolt, the Gentlemen Bush Ranger.
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