''Bushranging in North Queensland'' is a 1904 short film by the

Limelight Department The Limelight Department was one of the world's first film studios, beginning in 1898, operated by The Salvation Army in Melbourne, Australia. The Limelight Department produced evangelistic material for use by the Salvation Army, including la ...

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. It was Australia's first

bushranging Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up "robbery under ...

drama shot on film. It was shot near

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."Bushranging in North Queensland'
at Winton Outback Movie Capital

Plot

The coach "bailed up" by Winton bushrangers, robbing of the passengers, shooting of the gang by the coach driver.

References

1904 films 1900s Australian films 1904 Western (genre) films Australian black-and-white films Bushranger films Films set in colonial Australia Limelight Department films Silent Australian Western (genre) films Silent drama films {{short-silent-film-stub