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James Nesbitt (27 August 1858 – 17 November 1879) was an Australian bushranger who was a member of the Wantabadgery Bushrangers led by Andrew George Scott, alias Captain Moonlite.
Apr 3, 2024 · Captain Moonlite, the bushranger known for the Egerton bank robbery of 1869 and the Wantabadgery outrage of 1879, is commonly thought to have been gay or queer. In recent years, his love for...
Jan 12, 2017 · It was in Pentridge jail that Andrew met James Nesbitt. Released a few years early in 1879, Andrew lived in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy with the 21 year old. By this stage, Moonlite was a well-known public figure; a bushranger.
Mar 22, 2024 · Andrew Scott, better known as Captain Moonlite, robbed banks and stole gold with a small gang of outlaws, including James Nesbitt, across Victoria and NSW in the late 1870s.
Mar 25, 2024 · Captain Moonlite, also known as Andrew Scott, led a gang of outlaws across Victoria and NSW in the late 1870s, engaging in bank robberies and gold theft. James Nesbitt was close with Moonlite and was eventually killed during a confrontation with police.
Sep 5, 2023 · Condemned to be executed in January 1880, in the two months before his death, the Irish-born bushranger Andrew George Scott (aka Captain Moonlite) wrote endlessly from his Darlinghurst Gaol cell about his enduring love for James “Jim” Nesbitt, the young man he met while serving time in Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison a few years previously:
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Dec 4, 2020 · Perhaps the most compelling section of Moonlite features the extraordinary tenderness with which Scott regarded his last partner in crime and the love of his life, James Nesbitt, whom he met while both men were doing time in Pentridge.