Talk:Moondyne Joe

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Bushrangers

I discovered MJ was not on the Bushrangers page, so added him. At that time, I did not even expect there to be an article on him, and was pleasantly surprised when the link came up blue, not red. Cheers! Vryl 07:25, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Where it says he "received five years hard labour on top of his usual sentence", should this say outstanding instead of usual? Moofresh 17:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

FA

Things to do to get this article to FA:

1. Expand opening paragraph
2. Break "Life of Moondyne Joe" section into subsections
3. Write article on red link Pyrenees (ship)
4. Write article on red link Charles Hunt (better known as "C. C. Hunt") (article already written under Charles Cooke Hunt
5. Brighten cell photo
6. Write article on red link Karridale, Western Australia
7. Write article on red link Fremantle Cemetery
8. Write a separate article on the book and movie Moondyne
9. Write article on red linked Aussie movie director W. J. Lincoln
10. Write stubs on redlinked actors George Bryant and Godfrey Cass
11. Check copyright status of The Ballad of Moondyne Joe, and whether we can quote it. Find out who wrote it, when and why.
12. Find out about 1985 play entitled "Moondyne Joe"
13. Find out about Moondyne Kate
14. Convert references to "Aboriginal" to more p.c. "Indigenous"

... User talk:Hesperian 02:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Came across this entry searching for something else. (Ain't that the way?) If it's of any assistance in respect of the play Moondyne Joe I attended two performances at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco in 1985. It was put on by a very long-lived WA Bush Band called "Mucky Duck" bush band, started in the '70s, and friends. A couple of names that were in that line up who you may wish to pursue were Roger Montgomery (Singer, songwriter, raconteur, poet), Roy Abbott (who still sticks his head up occasionally) guitar and vocals, Jerry Everard (Fiddle and vocals), and another whose name escapes me, but I think was "Butch". You may also consider approaching the West Australian Folk Federation. Some of the older members of the WAFF are still around and can probably give some relevant info.

This link to the National Library of Australia may be useful. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21217454?selectedversion=NBD2597338. Proword (talk) 09:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Most famous bushranger?

I thought it was Ned Kelly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.96.203.23 (talk) 09:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Ned Kelly wasn't Western Australian. Hesperian 22:54, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

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1858

I found a Joseph Johns charge with steeling a crow bar at Champion Bay in 1858 "Quarter Sessions". The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 April 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2014.. Gnangarra 14:27, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Railway siding - speculation

This sentence in Moondyne Joe#Memorials is speculation:

A railway siding ... has been named "Moondyne", most likely after the man rather than the area.

I propose that we should find a reference that says that it was named after the man, or delete it. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:20, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Not the stone's decision

Resolved

This sentence in Moondyne Joe#Hard labour (with my emphasis here):

He was set to work breaking stone, but rather than permit him to leave the prison, the stone was brought in and dumped in a corner of the prison yard, where Johns worked under the constant supervision of a warder.

contains a dangling modifier - it literally denotes that the stone did not permit him to leave the prison, which presumably was not the case. (If anything, the pile of broken stone subsequently aided his escape!) It should probably be something like

He was set to work breaking stone, but rather than permit him to leave the prison, Governor Hampton had the stone brought in and dumped in a corner of the prison yard, where Johns worked under the constant supervision of a warder.

but I don't have access to the sources to check.

The same issue occurs in Fremantle Prison#Moondyne Joe. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:45, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

This is fixed now. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:03, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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English convict?

I'm not sure Father Dougal's recent edit, stating Johns was an English convict, is correct. As far as I see it there is no evidence that he viewed himself as English. He's far more likely to have considered himself Cornish given his name and origins. Bodrugan (talk) 15:31, 7 August 2017 (UTC)