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Henry Arthur Readford (sometimes spelt Redford) (December 1841 – 12 March 1901), was an Australian stockman, drover and cattle thief.. Although Readford himself never used, and had never been associated with the moniker, Rolf Boldrewood indicated that the 'Captain Starlight' character, in his 1882–83 novel Robbery Under Arms, was a composite of several infamous people of the era, including ...
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The practice is known as taking Indigenous people on "starlight tours" [4] and dates back to at least 1976. [5] As of 2021, despite convictions for related offenses, no police officer has been specifically convicted for having caused freezing deaths.
The Army Corps of Engineers abruptly began releasing large flows on Friday, sending water streaming from Terminus Dam into the Kaweah River near Visalia and from Schafer Dam into the Tule River ...
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — JPMorgan Chase (), like the rest of the world, is scrambling to figure out what the start of Trump 2.0 means.The largest US bank set up a "war room" to comb through all of ...
BYU led the entire way Tuesday night and flew ahead to a 20-point lead at halftime. The Cougars, after a 14-2 run early, hit five 3-pointers down the stretch in the first half to seemingly put ...
Frank Pearson (c. 1837–22 December 1899) was an Australian bushranger, operating under the pseudonym Captain Starlight.. Pearson claimed he was the inspiration for a fictional figure of the same pseudonym: the character Captain Starlight in Rolf Boldrewood's novel, of 1882–1883, Robbery Under Arms.