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2 unusual facts about Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road


Alfred Dampier

Dampier adapted For the Term of His Natural Life (1886), Robbery Under Arms (1890) and The Miner's Right (1891).

Robbery Under Arms (1890) - with Garnet Walch, adapted from the novel - later filmed in 1911


Captain Midnight, the Bush King

Charles Cozens Spencer would later make three other films based on Alfred Dampier play adaptations of novels set in colonial Australia, Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911), The Life of Rufus Dawes (1911) and The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1912).

Frank Clune

He was fascinated by the 'outsiders' of Australian history such as Captain Melville, Captain Starlight, Martin Cash, Edward Hargraves, Bully Hayes, Jørgen Jørgensen, Chinese Morrison, Ben Hall, Ned Kelly, Frederick Bailey Deeming and Louis de Rougemont

Muttaburra

Henry Radford stole cattle from Bowen Downs Station and drove them 1300 km through the mostly unexplored Central Australia region to the Blanche Water station in northern South Australia.


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