#OnThisDay 26 November 1879 the mugshot of AG Scott aka Captain Moonlight was taken at Darlinghurst Gaol. Captain Moonlight was a notorious bushranger who "who committed various crimes – bank-robbery, passing false cheques, stealing gold – and led a gang of outlaws until he was eventually caught by police, tried in Sydney in 1879 and subsequently executed in Darlinghurst Gaol in 1880."
Related
- See the Story page on Captain Moonlight
- Bushrangers in NSW Guide
- Search and view c.46,000 records in the Index to Gaol Photos
- Exhibition e-catalogue - Captured: Portraits of Crime, 1870-1930
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