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04:09, 15 November 2015 Story of the KellyGang - the Royal Commission 4/8/1881
[[Royal Commission report 3/8/1881|day before]] [[Royal Commission report 9/8/1881|next day]]
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| Summary of the evidence on day 43 of the hearings
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| Question number
| Date
| Witness
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| [[Royal Commission report day 43 page 1|15040]] - 15102
| '''4/8/1881'''
| '''[[Bindon (2)|Thomas Bolam]]'''
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| [[Royal Commission report day 43 page 5|15103]] - 15211
| '''4/8/1881'''
| '''[[John Sherritt Jnr|John Sherritt]]'''
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| [[Royal Commission report 3/8/1881|14842]] - 15039
| 3//8/1881
| Start of John Sherritt's evidence
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| [[Royal Commission report day 44 page 2|15220]] - 15287
[[Royal Commission report 10/8/1881|15288]] - 15487
| 9/8/1881
10/8/1881
| See these dates for other evidence given by John Sherritt
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{| class="wikitable"
| Appendix
| Title
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| [[Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 4 August 1881|20]]
| Minutes of Proceedings at Meetings Held by the Royal Commission
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'''Summary of the evidence on day 43 of the hearings'''
== 4/8/1881 Thomas Bolam commenced his evidence - some brief highlights ==
Mr Bolam was the Inspector-General and Acting Secretary of the Education Department.
He officially knew James Wallace. Bolam gave a number of details of Wallace's career and his character.
He also told the Royal Commission about the operation of the education system in Victoria. For example teachers were paid by results. How did that system work?
He also explained the other jobs done by teachers such as Wallace in small rural communities. How did the education system deal with Wallace's role as a police agent. If application had been made to the department, would they have agreed to Wallace's taking this position of an agent or informer?
Bolam found out that James Wallace had a particular link with one of the members of the '''KellyGang'''.
James Wallace had 2 brothers who were teachers, were they sympathizers?
Bolam had a problem, he have arrived at the conclusion that Wallace, although ostensibly assisting the police, was not acting fairly by them. He said that he did not know whether he was justified in saying that he had arrived at that conclusion, that but it was his private impression. He had heard all sorts of rumors, and he was quite satisfied in his own mind that Wallace had been at heart ready at all times to assist the outlaws. Was this enough of a basis to sack him? Bolam then went on to summarise his concerns about James Wallace.
Was Wallace at Faithful's Creek with the '''KellyGang''' when they met the hawker?
What were the relations between the police and the education system?
== 4/8/1881 John Sherritt continued his evidence - some brief highlights ==
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