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'''Sam Poo''' was a [[China|Chinese]] [[bushranger]] in [[Australia]] who was active in the [[Coonabarabran]] region of [[New South Wales]] during 1865. |
'''Sam Poo''' was a [[China|Chinese]] [[bushranger]] in [[Australia]] who was active in the [[Coonabarabran]] region of [[New South Wales]] during 1865. |
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Poo was a Chinese emigrant to Australia during the [[Australian gold rush|Gold Rush]], but instead took to highway robbery on the road between [[Gulgong, New South Wales|Gulgong]] and [[Mudgee]]. A skilled and elusive bushman, he evaded capture from the authorities for several weeks, however early in 1865 he [[rape]]d the son of a settler{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} |
Poo was a Chinese emigrant to Australia during the [[Australian gold rush|Gold Rush]], but instead took to highway robbery on the road between [[Gulgong, New South Wales|Gulgong]] and [[Mudgee]]. A skilled and elusive bushman, he evaded capture from the authorities for several weeks, however early in 1865 he [[rape]]d the son of a settler{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}. |
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== Killed Policeman== |
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On the morning of 3 February, 1865 the [[Senior Constable]] John Ward of the [[New South Wales Police|New South Wales Police Force]] was returning to Coonabarabran from a prisoner escort to Mudgee. Near the locality known as Barney's Reef he was informed that a Chinese man had been robbing passing travellers in the vicinity, and was nearby in the scrub. Following a short search, Senior Constable Ward located the offender's camp and approached him. When the offender saw the constable he pointed a shotgun at him. The Constable drew his service revolver and told the offender to put down the shotgun. The offender than fired, the shot striking the Constable in the side of his body. Although the Constable returned fired , the offender managed to escape. The murderer was later identified as the Chinese bushranger Sam Poo.<ref> http://www.policensw.com/info/policerem/text/index2.html </ref> |
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He was finally shot and captured several weeks later, and when he recovered he was tried and hanged in [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]]. |
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Revision as of 01:48, 25 November 2010
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Sam Poo was a Chinese bushranger in Australia who was active in the Coonabarabran region of New South Wales during 1865.
Poo was a Chinese emigrant to Australia during the Gold Rush, but instead took to highway robbery on the road between Gulgong and Mudgee. A skilled and elusive bushman, he evaded capture from the authorities for several weeks, however early in 1865 he raped the son of a settler[citation needed].
Killed Policeman
On the morning of 3 February, 1865 the Senior Constable John Ward of the New South Wales Police Force was returning to Coonabarabran from a prisoner escort to Mudgee. Near the locality known as Barney's Reef he was informed that a Chinese man had been robbing passing travellers in the vicinity, and was nearby in the scrub. Following a short search, Senior Constable Ward located the offender's camp and approached him. When the offender saw the constable he pointed a shotgun at him. The Constable drew his service revolver and told the offender to put down the shotgun. The offender than fired, the shot striking the Constable in the side of his body. Although the Constable returned fired , the offender managed to escape. The murderer was later identified as the Chinese bushranger Sam Poo.[1]
He was finally shot and captured several weeks later, and when he recovered he was tried and hanged in Bathurst.
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References
- Anonymous. 'New South Wales News'. The Brisbane Courier, 30 December 1865, p. 5, column 5.
- Noonan, Rodney. The Journal of Australian Studies. "Wild Cathay Boys: Chinese Bushrangers in Australian History and Literature."
- Police Deaths in NSW at www.policensw.com
- Curious Clippings at South Australian Police Historical Society
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