Musquito

Musquito (c. 1780 – 25 February 1825) was an Indigenous Australian outlaw, or bushranger, based in Van Diemen's Land. He was born in Sydney Cove or Guring-Gai and transported to Van Diemen's Land for murdering his wife.

After his release he turned to working as an Aboriginal tracker. According to some sources, he supplemented his wages by pimping Aboriginal women to white men. Eventually, he fled to the bush and put together a gang of Aborigines who robbed and murdered white settlers and their farmhands. Eventually captured by an Aboriginal tracker named Tegg, Musquito was convicted of the murder of a Tahitian farm hand named Mammoa while stealing dogs from the Tahitian's employer. Musquito was sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was carried out at Old Hobart Gaol on 25 February 1825.

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Bushrangers

1700s

John Caesar

1810s

Michael Howe

1820s

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Popular culture

Music	"Streets of Forbes" (1800s) "The Wild Colonial Boy" (1800s)

Film	The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) Robbery Under Arms (1907) The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Notorious Australian Bushranger (1910) Moonlite (1910) Thunderbolt (1910) Attack on the Gold Escort (1911) A Tale of the Australian Bush (1911) Ben Hall and His Gang (1911) Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life (1911) Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911) Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911) Dan Morgan (1911) Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911) The Lady Outlaw (1911) Moondyne (1913) The Kelly Gang (1920) Robbery Under Arms (1920) The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1920) The Gentleman Bushranger (1921) When the Kellys Were Out (1922) Trooper O'Brien (1928) When the Kellys Rode (1934) Captain Fury (1939) The Glenrowan Affair (1951) Captain Thunderbolt (1953) Robbery Under Arms (1957) Ned Kelly (1970) Mad Dog Morgan (1976) Robbery Under Arms (1985) Ned Kelly (2003) The Proposition (2005) The Legend of Ben Hall (2016)

Literature	Robbery Under Arms (1882 novel) Stingaree (1905 novel) Our Sunshine (1991 novel) True History of the Kelly Gang (2001 novel)

Stage	The Bushrangers (1834 play) The Kelly Gang (1899 play) Ned Kelly (1942 play) Ned Kelly (1978 musical)

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