From the Maitland Mercury report:
Though his brush with the law began with his arrest in Maitland for receiving stolen horses, a new book – Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady:The True Story of Bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg, found a beautiful, educated half-Aboriginal woman was perhaps the real lead character in Fred Ward’s tale.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 14 Oct, 2011.
