Captain Moonlight. Captain Moonlite. Andrew George Scott (baptised 5 July 1842 – 20 January 1880), also known as Captain Moonlite, was an Australian bushranger. Early peregrinations[edit] Scott was born in Rathfriland, Ireland, son of an Anglican clergyman of Scottish descent.[1] His father's intention was that he join the priesthood, but Scott instead trained to be an engineer, completing his studies in London. The family moved to New Zealand in 1861, with Scott intending to try his luck in the Otago goldfields. However, the Maori Wars intervened and Scott signed up as an officer and fought at the battle of Oraku where he was wounded in both legs. After a long convalescence Scott was accused of malingering and courtmartialed. Celebrity criminal[edit] On 8 May 1869, Scott was accused of disguising himself and forcing bank agent Ludwig Julius Wilhelm Bruun, a young man whom he had befriended, to open the safe. Bruun claimed the man sounded like Scott but no gold was found in Scott's possession.
Last stand and execution[edit] BUSHRANGERS. Captain Moonlite: Broadcast 6.30pm on 14/06/2004 One hour before bushranger Andrew Scott, (Captain Moonlite) was hung on January 20th, 1880, he asked that he be laid to rest beside the grave of gang member and best mate, James Nesbitt. This wish was not to be granted until more than one hundred years later when a couple of local women became interested in Scott’s letters, and the possibility of a gay relationship between the outlaws. GEORGE NEGUS: G'day.
Another interesting week ahead, starting with our Monday historical look at things, which tonight takes a quite personal turn with a very leading question - what happens when our individual history, as it were, runs out? And later we'll hear about some pretty elaborate funeral customs. But first, remember Captain Moonlite, the bushranger? Well, apparently the not-always-good Captain's heart's desire was to lie beside his best mate for eternity. SAM ASIMUS: His last words were, "I ask that my body be given to my friends. Ancient Australian History. Captain Moonlight's real name was George Scott.
His is one of the strangest stories of any of the bushrangers. In 1869 George Scott was a preacher at the small church in the town of Egerton in Victoria. He admired the Kelly gang, and made a sudden decision to becomes bushranger himself. One night he put on a mask, woke the manager of the local bank, and forced him to go to the bank and hand over more than a thousand pounds. The bank manager, who knew George Scott well, couldn't believe what was happening. In November l 879, Captain Moonlight and his gang held up a farmhouse at Wantabadgery.