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Captain Moonlite

Australian bushranger (1842-1880)

PersonDied aged 37humanQ5036742

Also known as Andrew George Scott · captain moonlite

Born: July 5, 1842
Died: January 20, 1880
Birthplace: Rathfriland
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Andrew George Scott, also known as Captain Moonlite, though also referred to as Alexander Charles Scott and Captain Moonlight, was an Irish-born New Zealand immigrant to the Colony of Victoria, a bushranger there and in the Colony of New South Wales, and an eventual and current day Australian folk figure.

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Sex or gender: male
Convicted of: murder
Place of burial: Gundagai

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