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Captain Moonlite aka Andrew George Scott in Photo credit: Victoria Police Historical Collection. He believes that Scott, who was executed in Januarywas deliberately written out of the historical narrative. So it was clear that gay bushrangers lot of people knew the full story of these two men; it was truly the love that dare not speak its name in public.

In NovemberNesbitt was killed during a shoot-out with mounted troopers near Gundagai, and Moonlite was captured. Now in the language of those days men often wrote to each other and declared their love for each other, but not with a sort of ardour and passion that we saw from the pen of Captain Moonlite.

Every quote in there is sourced — either transcripts in court cases or from arrest sheets and in newspaper reports of the time.

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Viewing historical lives through a contemporary lens is a fraught process, but Linnell is adamant that Nesbitt and Moonlite were indeed lovers — a position which is supported by many Australian historians. Follow him on Twitter: richardthewatts. So you tried the general literary quiz and the OzLit variation, here now is one devoted to children's and YA….

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