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When two bush bandits killed a policeman and a cattle station manager it was just the start of the horror.

As young Aussie men fought in the trenches of WWI, a rural Queensland pastor found himself locked up in his own country.

When a plane full of men vanished in the early days of Australian aviation, it was one wily bushman who saved the day.

John Jackson was needlessly killed in what has been branded one of the most tragic stories in the 100-year history of the air force.

John Jackson trekked for two weeks over mountains while barefoot to safety after his plane was shot down over New Guinea.

With only $10 left to his name, Kev Cain bought himself a beer, then spent the change starting one of Australia’s luckiest streaks.

The popularity of the “goon bag” owes much to one man, who used it to bring wine to the masses.

When two of Melbourne’s finest lined up for a dawn shootout the result was a comic mess that took six hours to resolve.

An “adults-only” wax model museum was used by a medic to drum up patients and educate them on a highly taboo topic.

George Coulthard kicked goals for Carlton, triggered a cricket riot and survived a shark attack before his untimely death.