Cop killer Dezi Freeman is the latest violent fugitive to use Australia's remote and rugged bushland to evade capture.
The self-described sovereign citizen was killed by police on Monday at a remote hideout in Victoria's northeast, nearly 200 kilometres from where he first went on the run.
Freeman was wanted over the fatal shootings of Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart, who were among a team of police officers serving a warrant at his home in the small town of Porepunkah in late August.
Both police and experts have suggested it is highly likely Freeman had help to evade capture and travel as far as he did.
Bushcraft survival expert Gordon Dedman told AAP he didn't believe Freeman would have been able to source and prepare food himself without detection, adding he may have had a stash of equipment hidden in the bush somewhere.
"There's not a lot to eat, so my guess is he had a cache sort of thing with some long-lasting food," Mr Dedman said.
Freeman knew the "bush like the back of his hand" and was a "modern-day Ned Kelly", locals told AAP at the time of his disappearance.
Fugitives have long headed to the bush to avoid capture, taking advantage of the remoteness and lack of witnesses who could alert police.
Police are continuing to search the outback for Julian Ingram after an alleged domestic violence-related shooting spree at Lake Cargelligo in central west NSW.
The 37-year-old council worker allegedly fatally shot three people, including his pregnant former partner Sophie Quinn and her aunt Nerida Quinn, hours after he reported for bail at a police station.
A $250,000 reward has been offered information to catch Ingram, with police scouring more than 24,000 hectares of what Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland described as "arid country".
Malcolm Naden was on the run for seven years after murdering neighbour Kristy Scholes and his cousin Lateesha Nolan in June 2005.
Naden broke into several properties between 2005 and 2012 while he was hiding out in the bush, stealing thousands of items of food and clothing, as well as several weapons.
Police cornered him near a campsite at Nowendoc in 2011, but he escaped after shooting a policeman in the shoulder.
A reward of $50,000 for information leading to Naden's capture rose to $250,000 by the time he was finally arrested in 2012 on private property near Gloucester, in mid-north NSW.
Former father-and-son fugitives Gino and Mark Stocco also spent eight years on the run from police, opening fire on highway patrol officers to avoid arrest near Wagga Wagga, sparking a major manhunt in October 2015.
The pair were tracked to an Elong Elong property in central west NSW and arrested by heavily armed officers.
James D'Zilva repeatedly eluded police in the Yarra Ranges bushland to Melbourne's east after stabbing Senior Constable Chris Bullen at a service station in Healesville on December 7, 2010.
He was eventually picked up by police in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond on January 5, 2011.
