Frederick Wordsworth Ward was a bushranger that operated under the name "Captain Thunderbolt" in the Uralla region of New South Wales. Accompanied by a range of offsiders including his wife Mary-Ann Bugg, he ruled the roads and became known as a gentleman bushranger. He held no truck with unnecessary violence or murder, turning away accomplices that had committed an act of either. He was eventually gunned down by a police constable as he drunkenly tried to cross a creek on foot.
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Canada’s rich indigenous history has shaped our national identity today; cultural ties to our First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ancestors have created a country where multiculturalism and diversity are celebrated and welcomed. Today, Canada is home to people of many different cultural backgrounds, who live and coexist together. The nation is also celebrated for its vast lands and rich wildlife. Inspired by a number of Inuit, Woodland, and West Coast visual artists (e.g. Kenojuak Ashevak, Norval Morrisseau, Eddie Cobiness, Goyce Kakegamic, Benjamin Chee Chee, and Kananginak Pootoogook), this illustration honours different culture identities alongside some of our most recognizable animal counterparts.
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