NAIDOC – 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

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Mary Ann Bugg was an Aboriginal woman who became a savvy bushranger and accomplice to Captain Thunderbolt. She was the bushranger's spy, riding ahead into towns to check for police. She also 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 a B.C. podcast.
0:04.0	Ninemani, Nainair Tiana, Nagana Nara Nara Gungabina.
0:09.0	Hello, are you good?
0:10.0	My name is Tiana. My Ghana name is Gungabina, which means the caring one.
0:15.0	To begin, it's important that we acknowledge the country that we are on.
0:21.0	I'm on Ghanaian faith, the lands of the Ghana people of the Adelaide Plains.
0:25.7	We would like to pay our respects to the custodians, to the ancestors that nurtured the land
0:32.4	and the elders that have led the way for generations.
0:37.2	This is your land, this is your country, it has always been Aboriginal land. And as this is a podcast whose reach is far and wide, we would like to extend
0:47.6	our respect to the elders of the lands this recording might reach. Yes.
0:55.0	Go power.
0:56.0	Hi, I'm Shari Sevens.
0:59.0	I'm an actor and director and a proud By jubber woman.
1:03.0	We're celebrating Nadoc week here at Fierce Girls Headquarters
1:06.0	and I've selected some of my favorite stories
1:09.0	about fierce First Nations women for you to listen to.
1:12.0	Happy Nadoc week and enjoy the story.
1:17.7	This is the story of the girl who became a fierce bush ranger, Mary Ann Bug, read by singer-songwriter Thelma Plumb. Mary Ann Bug jolted awake. Her ears pricked up as the rest of the gang snort around her.
1:43.0	It didn't sound like a dingo, but Marian's sense there was something dangerous lurking in the bush outside.
1:50.0	The hairs on her arms stood on end, Marianne gasped.
1:56.4	The snaps were feet, human feet cracking tweaks as they cautiously stepped through the
2:00.9	scrub right near her hut.
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