What is Frederick Ward (bushranger)?
{{Infobox_Person | name = Captain Thunderbolt | image =Frederick Wordsworth Ward.jpg | imagesize =220px | caption =Captain Thunderbolt | birth_name =Fredrick Ward | birth_date =1835 | birth_place =Windsor, New South Wales | death_date =May 25, 1875 | death_place =Uralla, New South Wales | death_cause = Killed by Police | known = | occupation = Bushranger | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Mary Ann Bugg | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = }} '''Frederick Ward''', also known as “''Captain Thunderbolt''”, was an [[Australian]] [[bushranger]]. He lived in northern [[New South Wales]]. Some people thought he was like [[Robin Hood]], who robbed from the rich to help the poor.<ref name=bw>{{cite book | last =Wannan | first =Bill | title = Tell 'em I died game: The Stark Story of Australian Bushranging| publisher =Lansdowne Press | date =1963 | location =[[Melbourne]] }}</ref> ==Early life== Ward was born [[Windsor, New South Wales]] in 1835.<ref name=cb>{{cite book | last =Baxter | first =Carol | title = Captain Thunderbolt and his Lady: the true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg| publisher =Allen & Unwin | date =2011 | location =[[Sydney]] }}</ref> His father, Michael Ward, had been sent to Australia as a [[convict]] in 1815.<ref name=nkw>{{cite web |url=http://www.nedkellysworld.com.au/bushrangers/ward_f.htm |title=Frederick Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt |access-date=2009-01-30 |work=Australia's Famous Bushrangers |archive-date=2012-12-31 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231041620/http://www.nedkellysworld.com.au/bushrangers/ward_f.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fred was one of eleven children.<ref name=cb/> He was [[arrest]]ed in 1856 for [[Horse trading|selling]] 50 stolen horses,<ref name=cb/> and sent to [[prison]] on [[Cockatoo Island]] for ten years.<ref name=nkw/> After four years he was given a [[ticket of leave]] which meant he was able to leave the gaol as long as he repor