- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3662
Baker, Mary Ann
- Birth name Bugg, Mary Ann
Former married name Baker, Mary Ann
Also known as Burrows, Mary Ann
Also known as McNally, Mary Ann
Also known as Ward, Mary Ann
- Born 7 May 1834, Berrico outstation, Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 22 April 1905, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Bushranger
Summary
Mary Ann Baker was the daughter of Charlotte, an Aboriginal woman, and James Bugg, a convict shepherd. It was Baker who helped the notorious Captain Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) to escape imprisonment on Cockatoo Island, and who accompanied him in his outlaw life in northern New South Wales.
Published resources
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Edited Book
- 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071105022623/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/78644/20071105-1315/www.200australianwomen.com/index.html
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Resource
- Trove: Baker, Mary Ann (1834-1905), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-739082