Lawless: The Real Bushrangers

The brutal gunfight between Ned Kelly’s gang and Victorian policeman on the banks of Stringybark Creek is the pivotal event in the Ned Kelly story, transforming Kelly from a petty thief to a wanted outlaw, and eventually a national icon.

Andrew George Scott (A.K.A. Captain Moonlite) was a preacher, a con man, a gentleman, and was certainly not your average bushranger. An 11-year long career of crime ended in a violent shootout resulting in the death of two of his gang and a policeman.

Before Ned Kelly, Ben Hall was the ‘rock star’ of Australian bushranging, leading a short but prolific 3-year crime spree across NSW. His criminal career came to a bloody end when he was shot by police in a hail of bullets.

The Kenniff brothers were the last of Australia's wild colonial boys. Their careers ended in a showdown. Their victims were found burned and chopped to pieces. The Kenniffs were caught and tried for murder, but maintained their innocence to the end.