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HIGH-COUNTRY BRIGAND: In 1822, John Batman was employed by Lieutenant-
Governor Sir George Arthur to hunt-downbushrangers in VanDiemen's Land.
Batman's illegal convict wife, Elizabeth Callaghan, was concerned about
Arthur's authoritarian hold on her man.
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GOLD ESCORT:In February, 1854, the American
businessman, Freeman Cobb, began the first passenger coach service from
Melbourne to the Victorian goldfields; at a time when bushrangers ruled
the roads.
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