Cranky Sam Poo takes advantage of the great butterfly plague of 1864 in order to rob the bank of Gulgong
Mudgee is a town where ‘to have a go, is to get a go’.
In 1864, when Sam Poo set out to become a bushranger, few towns were willing to give him a start as bushranging was still perceived as a job for Irish Catholics. But Poo, or Cranky Sam as his friends knew him, was determined to challenge the status quo.
After being granted the lucrative Mudgee-Gulgong Road franchise, Cranky Sam Poo set out to prove to all Australians that a Chinese man could threaten women, rob travellers and spend lonely nights in the bush with a horse.
After killing Senior Constable John Ward in 1865, many believed that Cranky Sam Poo had little left to achieve in bushranging. But after an extended break in the Mudgee Prison Hospital, Poo was hanged at Bathurst Gaol.
Mudgee is a town where ‘to have a go, is to get a go’.
In 1864, when Sam Poo set out to become a bushranger, few towns were willing to give him a start as bushranging was still perceived as a job for Irish Catholics. But Poo, or Cranky Sam as his friends knew him, was determined to challenge the status quo.
After being granted the lucrative Mudgee-Gulgong Road franchise, Cranky Sam Poo set out to prove to all Australians that a Chinese man could threaten women, rob travellers and spend lonely nights in the bush with a horse.
After killing Senior Constable John Ward in 1865, many believed that Cranky Sam Poo had little left to achieve in bushranging. But after an extended break in the Mudgee Prison Hospital, Poo was hanged at Bathurst Gaol.