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  • ...sed to be in what is now Bourke Street, Melbourne. First we went to Forest Creek, where the gold rush was. Then to Eaglehawk and Bendigo when the gold was f "But that awful night! The place full of people-people and the Kelly crowd, with pistols and guns! And my poor, innocent children! Think of that
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  • ...people who took prominent part in the hunting and ultimate capture of the Kelly bushrangers have gone to that bourne where the wicked cease from troubling ...one of the exceptions. Ward had a very prominent part in the whole of the Kelly business. He it was who first arrested young Joe Byrne and Aaron Sherritt-a
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  • ...the brave [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]] and his companions in the [[Stringy Bark Creek|Wombat Ranges]]. There was callousness about that massacre that engendered Asked if he believed in the story that Dan Kelly and Steve Hart escaped and were now alive, this old and particular friend o
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  • ...hat fatal day they had not the slightest intention of shooting anyone. Ned Kelly said that all he intended to do was what Power had donee befire - that is, ...the rough chivalry that characterised Power about the manner in which Ned Kelly treated the womenfolk whom he encountered on this visit. He assured the mal
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  • ...l]] at the [[Beechworth Court|Beechworth Assizes]]. The court was crowded. Kelly was defended by Mr [[Gaunson, David|David Gaunson]]. ...e outlaws made me drink some tea in order to show it was not poisoned. Ned Kelly took my gun that he had got from the tent, took the shot out of the cartrid
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  • ...girl about 14 or 15 years of age - I know now that she was a cousin of Ned Kelly - went into Wallace's hotel, and told him that she had come for the £10. W '''KATE KELLY AND THE SOVEREIGNS'''
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  • ...coach was now going down hill, at the bottom of which was the dry bed of a creek. "See that tree," said the driver, pointing to an immense gum tre ...n old colonist said to me, "You're going right into the haunts of the Kelly gang, and you will daily meet their sympathisers. It is quite possible you
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  • ...horse allowed Bismarck to drop to the rear, thus forming single file. Ned Kelly took the lead. Then came his brother leading the captured horse and rider, ...f the party followed in the usual order. Still following the course of the creek, they came to a natural space. Here they turned to the left into dense scru
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  • The bushrangers' [[Bullocky Creek|stronghold]] occupied the space of fully half an acre, which was thoroughly ...easily. When closed, they were secured by a green-hide loop on a peg. Dan Kelly's first action on entering was to take up the whisky and drink a good nip,
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  • ...expectancy, was taking his food seated on a log, with his face towards the creek. Byrne occupied the same seat, with his back to the leader. As they partook
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  • DENIES INTERFERING WITH KATE KELLY Tall, stalwart, with thin brown hair and moustache, ex-Constable [[Fitzpatr ...down in history as the central police figure in an incident which sent the Kelly gang on their wild, reckless, lawless career. It was interesting to hear th
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  • ...assed between them, and it was only by the endeavours of Macauley that Ned Kelly was prevented shooting Gloster. ...dealt so leniently with him, after the manner in which he had behaved. Dan Kelly was evidently eager for blood, as he expressed a strong wish to put a bulle
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  • == “I am Ned Kelly; Bail Up.” == ...answered, “It is after hours, and we cannot open the door now;" but Kelly begged so hard, saying it would be a great inconvenience not to get the cas
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  • ...uck up, he thought it was a hoax they were playing on him, but when he saw Kelly and Byrne with revolvers in each hand, he saw the mistake he had made. Mr J ...sers, gold watch and chain. This saddle was put on the blood mare, and Dan Kelly mounted it and rode away to try it, and returned shortly afterwards.
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  • ...wever, I got one addressed to [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt,]] Sheepwash Creek, near Beechworth. This was the address of his father. I opened it and could ...gnificently mounted. The men and horses could have been backed against the Kelly gang, man for man, at anything. We also arranged that I should ride out mys
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  • == JOHN (RED) KELLY == [[John (Red) Kelly|John (Red) Kelly]], the father of Ned and Dan. was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. He was
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  • ...same jury was equally emphatic in their verdict that the conviction of Ned Kelly in connection with the search for [[Wild Wright|Wild Wright]]'s horse, was ...ut of sight. and on whose unsupported evidence three innocent persons, Mrs Kelly, Wm. [[William Williamson, Brickey|Williamson]], and Wm'''.''' [[William Sk
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  • '''DAN KELLY''' ...ke rabbits just for the fun of it." This was taken literally, and Dan Kelly was regarded by those who were not personally acquainted with him as a bloo
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  • ...no evidence to commit, he was discharged. This discharge also cleared Dan Kelly. ...Dan was right. The first difference occurred at the battle of Stringybark Creek, when Dan wanted to handcuff Mclntyre. The second was Dan's objection to th
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  • ...innocence, and was, therefore, discharged. This discharge also cleared Dan Kelly. ...enalla and rapped at my quarters, and told me that he had been shot by Ned Kelly and wounded in the arm. That was on the morning of the 16th. I examined his
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