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== Overview ==

== General Colonial Politics ==

The time of the KellyGang coincided with a period of turmoil in the colony's government. Graham [[Berry, Chief Secretary|Berry]] as the Premier, joined forces with David Syme from the Age.

There are lots of stories of high times and it is said that [[Standish|Standish]] saved the police with a story of scandal.

On [[1/1/1878-10/4/1878 Events|8/1/1878]] many Judges and magistrates lost their jobs as the Government tried to save money. Some suggest that this weakening of authority is one of the causes of the Kelly outbreak.

Prior to this there had been an ongoing conflict between squatters and selectors, between those who had money from gold and the landless. The conflict between the English establishment figures and the new settlers from places like Ireland. The '''KellyGang''' saw themselves part of this battle against wealth and power

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== Local Politics in the Kelly Counrty ==

The North Ovens Shire, with Mr. '''Parfitt''' as the President, was one of the main local government areas in the Kelly Country. ([[Royal Commission report day 14 page 11|RC3245]])

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[[Chief Secretary|Chief Secretary]],

[[Cost of KellyGang|cost of the police]] operations

[[Customs|Customs]]

elections,

[[Felons Apprehension Act|Felons Apprehension]] act

[[Army|Garrison Artillery]]

[[Governor of Victoria|Governor]]

[[Courts|Judiciary]]

[[National Bank|National bank]]

[[NSW police|New South Wales]] police

[[Govenment of NSW|New South Wales]] Government

[[Felons Apprehension Act|Outlawry Act]]

[[Parliament|Parliament]],

police, impact on appointments,

[[Cost of KellyGang|police budget]],

[[Prime Minister of Victoria|Prime Minister]],

[[Queensland police|Queensland]] police

[[Royal Commission|Royal Commission]]

[[Reward|reward]]

[[Reward|Reward Board]]

[[Properties|squatters]]

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