Thunderbolts Grave

Phone: 02 6778 4496

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Thunderbolts Grave
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02 6778 4496
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John Street, Uralla NSW, 2358

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The colourful bushranger, Captain Thunderbolt (born Fred Ward) is buried in the old pioneer cemetery in John Street Uralla. He was buried in May 1870. the legend of Thunderbolt lives on in the Uralla and New England area. Whilst he was hunted by police for some six and a half years before being shot and killed, the people of the area regarded him as a hero. A bronze statue of thunderbolt on his horse has been erected in Uralla and a complete dramatised version of his life story can be heard by placing $1.00 in the slot at the base of the statue.

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    The colourful bushranger, Captain Thunderbolt (born Fred Ward) is buried in the old pioneer cemetery in John Street Uralla. He was buried in May 1870. the legend of Thunderbolt lives on in the Uralla and New England area. Whilst he was hunted by police for some six and a half years before being shot and killed, the people of the area regarded him as a hero. A bronze statue of thunderbolt on his horse has been erected in Uralla and a complete dramatised version of his life story can be heard by placing $1.00 in the slot at the base of the statue.