Australia's only Chinese bushranger remembered 150 years on

By Heather Crosby
Updated February 7 2015 - 8:57am, first published 12:00am
Senior Constable John Ward.     		    Photo: CONTRIBUTED
Senior Constable John Ward. Photo: CONTRIBUTED
Senior Constable John Ward PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Senior Constable John Ward PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Australia's only Chinese bushranger remembered 150 years on
Australia's only Chinese bushranger remembered 150 years on
A roadside sign on the Golden Highway between Dubbo and Dunedoo marks the site where bushranger Sam Poo was captured on February 18, 1865. 						 Photo: JON CROSBY
A roadside sign on the Golden Highway between Dubbo and Dunedoo marks the site where bushranger Sam Poo was captured on February 18, 1865. Photo: JON CROSBY
This very dark photograph is said to be bushranger Sam Poo.
This very dark photograph is said to be bushranger Sam Poo.

This week 150 years ago the region was in uproar following the shooting of a mounted police trooper at an isolated area east of Dubbo.

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