“What Fresh Hell is This?”

Those who imagine the Western to be a fundamentally American art form like jazz or comic books would do well to take a closer look at our cousins down under. Australia’s Wild West was, in many respects, exactly like our own and at precisely the same time. We had our outlaws, they had their bushrangers; both of us filched real estate, carried guns, wore big hats, indulged our vices and spat attitude. And remember when Butch Cassidy was trying to talk the Sundance Kid into escap