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== One of the original squatting runs in the Kelly Country ==
; Nearest towns
: [[Mansfield|Mansfield]]
== History at Whitfield before the KellyGang ==
'''Where did the name Whitfield come from'''
<blockquote>Could come from the white flowers that covered the counrty
Whitefield was originally taken up by William Clarke (95,520 acres). '''John Evans''' owned it in 1840 and it was still operated by the Evans family in the late 1870's
</blockquote>
'''The original aboriginal owners'''
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
'''The first selectors'''
'''Photograph'''
Map
=== Original neighbouring properties ===
; North
: [[Fifteen Mile Creek (2)|Fifteen Mile Creek]]
; South
: [[Glenmore Run|Glenmore]]
; West
: [[Edi|Edi]]
== What was Whitfield like in the late 1870's ==
<blockquote>The first formal school was opened in 1875. It was made of bark and linked to the school at [[Edi|Edi]].</blockquote>
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Daniel [[Dan Morgan|Morgan]] made a raid on Whitfield in 1860. He returned in 1865 when he set fire to a hay stack before holding up the place and taking the owner.
'''John Evans''' employed Ned [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] in about 1874.
It is said that Ned Kelly rode his horse down the hallway of the Mountain View Hotel.
After the Wombat Murders, on [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|29/10/1878]] Sgt Steele took a search party of police, including Const [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]] and [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick,]] out after the '''KellyGang.''' They spent a night at Whitfield. ([[Royal Commission report 6/7/1881|RC12977]])
== Rivers Creeks and Hills near Whitfield ==
Whitield is on the King River
== What happened at Whitfield after the time of the KellyGang ==
See ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/9/1883 (2)|Argus13/9/83]])
Victoria's first narrow-gauge railway from [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] to Whitfield was once the main form of transportation into the valley and used to take timber out of the area.
The station platforms along the line were at Docker, Byrne, Angleside and Claremont.
== What is happening at Whitfield today ==
=== See also Graham Jones, Memories of Oxley ===
[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with U-Z]] [[Category:Whitfield the property]] [[Category:Squatters]]
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; Nearest towns
: [[Mansfield|Mansfield]]
== History at Whitfield before the KellyGang ==
'''Where did the name Whitfield come from'''
<blockquote>Could come from the white flowers that covered the counrty
Whitefield was originally taken up by William Clarke (95,520 acres). '''John Evans''' owned it in 1840 and it was still operated by the Evans family in the late 1870's
</blockquote>
'''The original aboriginal owners'''
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
'''The first selectors'''
'''Photograph'''
Map
=== Original neighbouring properties ===
; North
: [[Fifteen Mile Creek (2)|Fifteen Mile Creek]]
; South
: [[Glenmore Run|Glenmore]]
; West
: [[Edi|Edi]]
== What was Whitfield like in the late 1870's ==
<blockquote>The first formal school was opened in 1875. It was made of bark and linked to the school at [[Edi|Edi]].</blockquote>
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Daniel [[Dan Morgan|Morgan]] made a raid on Whitfield in 1860. He returned in 1865 when he set fire to a hay stack before holding up the place and taking the owner.
'''John Evans''' employed Ned [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] in about 1874.
It is said that Ned Kelly rode his horse down the hallway of the Mountain View Hotel.
After the Wombat Murders, on [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|29/10/1878]] Sgt Steele took a search party of police, including Const [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]] and [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick,]] out after the '''KellyGang.''' They spent a night at Whitfield. ([[Royal Commission report 6/7/1881|RC12977]])
== Rivers Creeks and Hills near Whitfield ==
Whitield is on the King River
== What happened at Whitfield after the time of the KellyGang ==
See ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/9/1883 (2)|Argus13/9/83]])
Victoria's first narrow-gauge railway from [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] to Whitfield was once the main form of transportation into the valley and used to take timber out of the area.
The station platforms along the line were at Docker, Byrne, Angleside and Claremont.
== What is happening at Whitfield today ==
=== See also Graham Jones, Memories of Oxley ===
[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with U-Z]] [[Category:Whitfield the property]] [[Category:Squatters]]
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{{^|Original page location \places\plU_Z\whitfieldSR5.htm}}
