Did Australia have a period in its history comparable to the Old American West?

by SFxTAGG

Just wondering. I posted this to another thread a while ago but it went nowhere.

I’m wondering if Australia had a frontier period similar to the U.S. Western expansion era. Were there gangs of outlaws and groups of lawmen or bounty hunters roaming around? Were there skirmishes with settlers and natives? That sort of thing.

Edit: I wasn’t clear enough in the original question.

persimmonmango

More can always be said, but in the meantime, you might want to refer to the previous question in this sub "Was there ever a wild west era in Australia?" as answered by /u/Djiti-djiti.