Horses, and Captain Thunderbolt

In conversation

Bill Upjohn

Recorded: 2012
Length: 43:27

“I guess if you asked anyone in Uralla to describe Thunderbolt, they'd describe me.”

About this conversation

After fifteen year playing Captain Thunderbolt in the yearly Thunderbolt festival, local horseman, Bill Upjohn, feels a close connection to the former bush ranger.

Bill Upjohn reflects on his time in Uralla after he and his wife arrived in 1972. Bill and his wife run a local horse riding school. He talks of his love of horses and mentions his interest in the local Light Horse Brigade. Bill tells of taking parties on treks into the local New England gorges and discusses the suitability of the local country for horses. He talks of his identification with bushranger Captain Thunderbolt - Frederick Ward - who is something of a legend in the local region, and recounts how he has dressed up many times as Thunderbolt for the annual Thunderbolt street Festival.

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