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Atterill, James alias Thompson, partners with James Regan, William Davis and Anthony Banks. Haunts: Richmond, Brown Mountain. Hanged 1838.

Banks,Anthony, partners with James Atterill, James Regan and William Davis. Haunts: Richmond, Brown Mountain.

Birkett, Moses, partners with Peter Perry. Haunts: cave at Lake Crescent. Sentenced to death.

Black Jack partners with an aboriginal from Sydney named Musquito. Hanged Hobart 1825.

Black Mary. Michael Howe's de facto wife.

Bodenham, Thomas, one of the gang of escapees from Macquarie harbour in 1822. Victim of the cannibal monster, Alexander Pearce.

Banks,Anthony, partners with James Atterill, James Regan and William Davis. Haunts: Richmond, Brown Mountain.

Brady, Matthew 1799-1826, leader of the gang of 15 convicts who escaped from Macquarie harbour in 1924. Haunts: Glenfern, Kempton, Thornhill, Pittwater. Hanged April, 1826.

Broomfield, James, partners with Jonas Hopkins. Haunts: Norfolk Plains.

Brown, James, one of Alexander Pearce's gang.

Bryant, James, one of Brady's gang.Hanged April 1826.

Burns, John, one of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Burrell, Thomas, member of the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

BCampbell, James, member of the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Cash, Martin 1808-1878 Haunts: Hobart & other Tasmanian settlements.

Chapman, John, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Cheetham, associate of Davis and Alexander Pearce.

Cogan, Michael, partners with Richard Gordon. Haunted roads out of Hobart.

Collier, Richard, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Connolly, Patrick, member of Matthew Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Connolly, Peter, associate of Whelan. Hanged.

Conway, John, partners with Riley Jeffs. Haunts: Ellerslie.

Cowan, Richard, joined Brady's gang for the express purpose of leading them into the hands of the soldiers in 1846.

Cox, Thomas, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Crawford, James, member of Brady's gang.

Creswell, John, member of biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Cumsdon, George, hanged 1843.

Currie, Dennis, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Dalton, Alexander, first victim of cannibal, Alexander Pearce.

Dalton, James (1), member of the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Dalton, James (2), member of Cash & Co. Following Cash's capture joined up with Thomas Jones and John Liddell. Sentenced to death.

Davis, George James, alias Huntley. Sentenced to death, Thames Police Courts 1830.

Davis, Moses,in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Davis, William (1), associated with Cheetham and Pearce.

Davis, William (2), Partners with James Atterill, Anthony Banks and James Regan. Haunts: Brown Mountain.

Dido Driscoll- Timothy, accomplice of Wilson. Haunts: Piper River, Prossers Forest member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.Well known as Dido, his real name was William Timothy, yet he was transported as William Driscoll.

Downes, John, member of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Dunne, James, member of Brady's gang. Shot dead 1826.

Elliot, William, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Fletcher, John, partners with Henry Lee. Sentenced to death.

Foley, Bartholomew, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Ford, Henry, partners with Henry Smart. Haunts: Esk River district.

Fore, Randel and Forrest, Richard, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Gabbitt, Matt, early bushranger escaped Macquarie Harbour in 1822.

Garry, James, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Greenhill, Robert, killed in his sleep by Alexander Pearce.

Griffiths, George, in a gang with Thomas Hurn, William Lambeth, Samuel harrison, and John Gunn.

Griffiths, John, member of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1926

Gunn, John, partners with Thomas Hurn, George Griffiths and William Lambeth.

Harrison, Samuel, in the gang with Hurn, Lambeth and Gunn.

Healey, Morris, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Hickson, alias Maberley or Poulson. Haunts: Sandy Bay District.

Hodgetts, partners with McKenny, Tilly and Gregory. Sentenced to death April 1826.

Hogan. Haunts: Deloraine.

Hopkins, accomplice of depraved cannibal, Jefferies and a man named Russell.

Hopkins, John.

Hopkins, Jonas, rode with James Broomfield and James MacCallum.

Howe, Michael leader of a large gang including John Brown, John Chapman, Richard Collier, Thomas Coyne, Dennis Currie, James Garry, George Jones, Matthew Keegan, James Parker and Peter Septon. Shot and killed by soldiers on 21 October 1818.

Hurn, Thomas, accomplice of Harrison, Lambeth, Griffith and Gunn.

Jamieson, George, worked with accomplice named Jones.

Jeffries, alias 'The Cannibal'. In gang with Hopkins and Russell. Hanged April 1826.

Jeffs, Riley, joined up with John Conway. Hanged.

Jenkins, Henry.

Jones,, George, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Jones, John. Jailed 1840 for attempted murder and piracy.

Jones, Thomas, member of Cash and Co gang in 1846 with accomplices Liddell and Dalton and Moore. Captured and sentenced to death.

Kavanagh, Lawrence, accomplice of Martin Cash. Hanged 13 Oct 1846.

Keegan, Mathew, member of Van Dieman's gang in 1814-1818.

Kenelly, William (alias Cornelius, joined Alexander Pearce in 1822

Lacey, George, one of Brady's gang.

Lambeth, William, Thomas, accomplice of Harrison, Hurn, Griffith and Gunn.

Lee, Henry, allied with John Fletcher. Haunts: Hobart and Launceston. Hanged

Lee, John, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14,

Lewis, Nicholas, jailed for attempted murder and piracy, 1840.

Liddell, John, joined by James Dalton and Tom Jones in 1843, previously with Cash's gang. Sentenced to death.

Maberley , accomplice of Hickson and Poulson 1852-53. Haunts: Sandy Bay district.

McCabe, James, one of Brady's gang.

McCallum, James, joined up with James Broomfield and Jonas Hopkins in 1841.

McDonald, Hector. Haunts: Port Dalrymple, Hobart.

Mathers, John, escaped with the group from Macquarie Harbour in 1842. One of cannibal Pearce's gang.

Mills, Peter, once Deputy Surveyor joined a gang of bushrangers connected with Whitehead and Howe.

Moore, convict, accomplice of Thomas Jones, James Dalton and John Liddell in 1842.

Moore, George, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Murphy, one of Brady's gang. Murdered.

Parker, James, one of Van Diemans Land gang 1814-18.

Pearce, Alexander, leader of the eight escapees (Alexander Dalton, Thomas Bodenham, William Kenelly, Robert Greenhill, James Brown, John Mathers, Mathew Travers. With Greenhill persuaded the tired and hungry group to accept cannibalism. They murdered Dalton. Brown and Kennelly went ahead to survey the way. Bodenham was the next murdered, then Mathers and Travis and finally Greenhill. Pearce was captured and hung in 1824.

Perry, convict, one of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Perry, Peter, partners with Moses Birkett. Haunts: cave at Lake Crescent. Sentenced to death.

Poulson, accomplice of Hickson and Maberley. Haunts: Sandy Bay district.

Price, John, partners with Tom Roberts.

Regan, James, partners with William Davis, James Atterill and Anthony Banks. Hanged.

Rickets, John, one of the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Rider, Charles, one of Brady's gang. Died 1826.

Roberts, Thomas, partner of John Price.

Rose, John, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Russell, partner of Jefferies the cannibal until he was murdered by him.

Russell, William, from the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Ryan, Jeremiah, one of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Sears, Henry, received death penalty for attempted murder and piracy on 13 Jan 1840.

Septon, Peter, one of Van Diemen's Land gang 1814-18.

Smart, Henry, linked up with Henry Ford in 1846.

Starkey, Thomas, one of biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Stevenson, Alexander (alias Telford), convict. Hanged 1830.

Stewart, Thomas, in the biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Taylor, William, one ofthe biggest gang ever 1805-14.

Thompson, John, one of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Tierney, James, one of Brady's gang. Hanged April 1826.

Tilly, of the Four Men gang with Hodgetts, McKenny and Gregory. Sentenced to death on 26 April 1826.

Timothy, William, (alias Dido), accomplice of Wilson.

Travers, Mat one of Pearce's gang who became a victim of Pearce and Greenhill's cannibalism. .

Watts, William, sentenced to death 1830.

Whelan, John, went bushranging with Peter Connolly. Hanged.

Whelan, Thomas, jailed for life for attempted murder and piracy 1840.

Whitehead, John, lead the biggest gang of all when Lt Gov released prisoners to live off the land after non arrival of stores from Sydney in 1805. Those with Whitehead did not return when provisions arrived. In October 1814 he was shot dead by soldiers and Howe took over the gang.

Williams, one of Brady's gang.

Williams, George, was Deputy Commissary before going bushranging with ex-Deputy Surveyor Peter Mills.

Wilson, with mate Dido operated around Hobart from 1846.

Lacey, George, one of Brady's gang.