Clarke brothers

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The Clarke brothers were a pair of Australian bushrangers active in New South Wales the late 19th century.

The Clarke brothers, Thomas and John, were from Braidwood, New South Wales. From 1865 they were active around the area that became the Australian Capital Territory, where they held up stations, raided stores and performed an armed holdup on the Queanbeyan Mail. In 1866, they held the town of Michelago captive while they waited for gold being escorted from Kiandra.

In their relatively short career as bushrangers, they are thought to have killed five policemen and committed 36 holdups. When they were captured they were both in their early 20s. They were executed in Sydney on June 25, 1867.

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• Fitzgerald, A. 1977. Historic Canberra 1825-1945, a pictorial record. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra ISBN 0-642-02688-2