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==Synopsis== [[File:Thunderbolt_1910.jpg|thumb|right]] Frederick Ward is a cattle drover earning money for his wedding when he is accused of cattle theft and sentenced to seven years at [[Cockatoo Island, New South Wales|Cockatoo Island]]. He escapes three years later by swimming across the water only to learn that his fiancée, Jess Anson, has died of grief. He seeks his revenge by taking on a life of crime, becoming the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. He befriends some aboriginal people, steals a racehorse, "Combo", and robs the Moonbi Mail Coach. He then enters "Combo" in a horse race and wins. He is rescued from a police trap involving Chinese by a half-caste girl, Sunday. He is grateful to her and they get married. He then holds up the Carlisle Hotel, and narrowly escapes. He takes on a boy apprentice and Sunday dies. Thunderbolt then dies in a shoot out with police on the riverbank at Uralla.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19662069 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=9 January 1911 |access-date=26 February 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53410723 |title=ARCADIA THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The Morning Bulletin]] |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=10 November 1915 |access-date=3 October 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ===Chapter headings=== According to contemporary reports, the various chapter headings were:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112091787 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times]] |location=Ipswich, Queensland |date=16 January 1911 |access-date=3 October 2013 |page=1 |edition=DAILY |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>[[File:Thunderbolt grave.jpg|thumb|right|Still from film of John Gavin as Thunderbolt]] * Arrest of Frederick Ward, Cattle Duffer. * Death Blow of Jess Anson, his Sweetheart. * Thunderbolt's Escape from the Quarry and Great Swim. * Thunderbolt's Vow at the Graveside. * Aboriginal Kindness and Customs of Australian Blacks. * Stealing the Racehorse "Combo." * Bailing up Moonbi Mail Coach. * The Race for the Cup. * "Combo" Wins. * Chinese Cunning and Chinese Strategy. * "Sunday", the Half-caste Girl, Saving Thunderbolt. * His Gratitude and Marriage. * Sticking up the Carlisle Hotel. * Thunderbolt's Race for Life. * The Boy Apprentice. * The Death of Sunday * The Dramatic Death of Thunderbolt in the River.
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