Joseph Bolitho Jones aka. Moondyne Joe formerly of Wales, spent most of his life in Fremantle Prison for stealing bread and ham and whatever else went with them for lunch. His original 10 years of transportation sentence from age 17 lasted for nearly a lifetime as he kept escaping. After his ticket of leave he spent some time in Toodyay as a convict marrying and according to records having a child however they just disappeared from records and history. He became the scapegoat to a few petty crimes again returning him to jail where he kept escaping from. He was found wondering the streets of Perth old and disturbed and lived out his remaining misunderstood years in the Perth Lunatic Asylum. He is buried in Fremantle Cemetery in a pauper's grave.The picture above hangs in the Toodyay Museum where an old cell is dedicated to display pictures and artifacts about his life as a famous bushranger and notorious outlaw of Western Australia. We quite like the poor old bugger and his fame is mainly contributed to being a "smart ass" of pioneering Australia which we guess didn't go down too well.
RIP Joe
