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Lake Rowan

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== location ==

south of [[Glenrowan|Glenrowan]]

== The Country around Lake Rowan ==

What did the lake look like? 'dry swamp with low tussocks of grass and a few swamp trees with clear stems for 5 feet of their height.' ([[Royal Commission report day 50 page 11|RC16899]])

Selectors in the area ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 13/10/1874|ensign13/10/1874]])([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/6/1880 (2)|Argus21/6/80]])

== Links to the KellyGang ==

<blockquote>According to the [[Jerilderie Letter|letter]] Ned Kelly used Mr [[Swanhill|Swanhill]] Lake Rowan to try and sell some of his horses in [[1874-1877 Events|1877]].

[[Det Kennedy|Kennedy]] led a search part from [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] to Lake Rowan on [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|6/11/1878]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 9|RC12361]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 51 page 11|RC17283]])

On about [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|7/11/1878]]. SConst [[SConst P Mullane|Mullane]] was part of the party to [[Peechelba at kellyGang|Peechelba]]. They stated from Wangaratta. Part of the party then to [[Lake Rowan|Lake Rowan]] and Insp [[Brooke Smith|Brooke Smith]]'s party to [[Yarrawonga|Yarrawonga]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 28|RC13534]])

See also the [[Jerilderie Letter (2)|Jerilderie Letter]]

[[Wild Wright|Wild Wright]] moved from [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] to Lake Rowan in about 1879 ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 14|RC2982]])

Police recieved a report in late April 1880 that the '''KellyGang''' had been seen about lately in the Lake Rowan area by one or two persons who dared not tell. They also reported that gang were reduced to the last straits, and without means of carrying on longer. Movements circumscribed, and unable to find an unguarded bank to rob ([[Royal Commission report Appendix 5|RCApp5]])

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'''Map'''

Photograph

== Properties and Towns in the area ==

[[Glenrowan|Glenrowan]]

[[Winton|Winton]]

== Members of the Lake Rowan community ==

[[Joe Ryan|Joe Ryan]] lived in area

Mr [[Ovens &amp; Murray Advertiser (2)|Syme]] had a property in the area

Mr George [[Ovens &amp; Murray Advertiser (2)|Phillips]] had a property in the ara

Swannell operated a store ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 16/10/1874|Ensign16/10/1874]])

== What happened in the area of Lake Rowan after the time of the Kelly Gang ==

There was a [[Post Office|mail route]] from [[Benalla|Benalla]] to Lake Rowan via Hill Plains

The Lake Rowan [[Police|police]] sation was closed in 1884

== What is happening at the area of Lake Rowan today ==

[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with N-R]] [[Category:Lake Rowan]] [[Category:Kelly Gang]]

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