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Frank 'Darkie' Gardiner (1830-1886) called himself 'the prince of all toby men' - and was the most successful of all the bushrangers in as much as he lived a long life and got away with an enormous amount of money. His gang's most daring 'bail up' - the Lachlan Gold Escort in 1862 - nabbed, in today's money, around 10 million dollars! Gardiner was eventually arrested, placed in the Sydney Darlinghurst Gaol, sentenced to 32 years and, after a farcical court case, was released a free man - as long as he left the country. He travelled to California and became successful, owning a bar and a ranch. Legend has it that he was shot in a card game. The song was recorded from Mrs Ina Popplewell, Sydney, who had it from her father. I recorded the song in 2009 with The Larrikins.