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  • ...elligence regarding the robbers is that they have been traced by the black trackers to within a few miles of Heathcote. The account of our special reporter, wh ...ortunately turned back to await the arrival of the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]]. Their excuse was that Superintendent [[Hare|Hare]] had sent a telegram a
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  • ...ancefield. Sub inspector Baber, four troopers, Lieutenant O'Connor and his trackers, were dispatched immediately in that direction. They arrived there at about
    4 KB (638 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
  • ...hotel observed a fire on the saddle of a neighbouring hill. The police and trackers, after receiving refreshments at Lehane's, started to look for tracks. The ...ll they were completely obliterated by the heavy rains. This afternoon the trackers have arrived here to rest till morning when they will start again. A party
    5 KB (845 words) - 21:04, 20 November 2015
  • ...stolen horses or cattle by these desperadoes. Parties of police and black trackers have scoured the ranges in all directions hitherto without success. Our eng
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  • ...e dry and sarcastic humour in this production. The [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] are supposed to have diacovered the proximity of the Kellys, and the narr A story is told in Benalla of Lieutenant O'Connor and his black trackers following footprints which they are sanguine of being the Kellys, and which
    10 KB (1,796 words) - 21:05, 20 November 2015
  • ...wered that of the outlaw [[Joe Byrne|Joseph Byrnes]]. The Queensland black trackers and six constables, in charge of Lieutenant [[O'Connor|O’Connor]] and Mr
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  • ...although it provoked excitement. At an early hour in the morning both the trackers and police were observed hurrying between their quarters and the stables, a ...ng morning that the police from Benalla set out. They proceeded with black trackers to [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne's]], and searched a number of houses in t
    5 KB (890 words) - 21:00, 20 November 2015
  • ...ent out from various country depots, and by special train last night black trackers and a further contingent of police were dispatched from Melbourne . The fir
    4 KB (723 words) - 15:42, 20 November 2015
  • ...one gentleman was armed. At Essendon Inspector O'Connor and his five black trackers were picked up, together with Mrs O'Connor and her sister, Miss Smith. [Tho ...ement. The police abandoned the horses and rushed to their arms. The black trackers sprang forward with their leader, and soon took up a good position in front
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  • ...was seen close behind the line of police. At first it was thought he was a black fellow. [[Ned Kelly|He]] a grey coat over his arm, [he wore the coat over h ...on, and on that account I had the rails pulled up, so that these —black trackers might be settled. It does not much matter what brought me to Glenrowan. I d
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  • ...was telegraphed to, and instructed to proceed to Beechworth, and the black trackers, under Lieutenant [[O'Connor|O'Connor]], who were at Essendon, where they w
    6 KB (913 words) - 15:41, 20 November 2015
  • ...ight. At Essendon Sub-inspector [[O'Connor|O’Connor]] and his five black trackers were picked up. They had come recently from Benalla, and were en route for ...side, and stuck to this post gallantly throughout the whole encounter. The trackers also stood the baptism of fire with fortitude, never flinching for one inst
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  • ...train which might be sent after them, in the hope of destroying the black trackers. They descended on Glenrowan at about three o’clock on Sunday morning, an
    6 KB (963 words) - 21:19, 20 November 2015
  • ...e train would go on, and I had the rails pulled up so that these – black trackers might be settled. I do not say what brought me to Glenrowan, but it seems m
    10 KB (1,888 words) - 21:19, 20 November 2015
  • ...aight towards the house, and I went to the railway gates. Two of the black trackers were with us. They got into a ditch, and I got behind one of the railway ga
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  • It has been known for some time past that the Queensland black trackers were under orders to leave the colony, and that they were to have departed ...is now in Queensland , having been sent there by Mr Ramsay to obtain black trackers to take the place of the men about to be withdrawn. Some inquiry into the c
    12 KB (2,125 words) - 21:19, 20 November 2015
  • ...fully as ever. But the exploit of wrecking a train and killing some of the trackers, and riding triumphantly away, would have told well with the criminal class
    8 KB (1,343 words) - 21:05, 20 November 2015
  • It has been known for some time past that the Queensland black trackers were under orders to leave the colony, and that they were to have departed ...is now in Queensland , having been sent there by Mr Ramsay to obtain black trackers to take the place of the men about to be withdrawn. Some inquiry into the c
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  • ...5 on Sunday night. At Essendon Sub-inspector O’Connor and his five black trackers were picked up. They had come recently from Benalla, and were en route for ...train which might be sent after them, in the hope of destroying the black trackers.
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  • ...One of these random shots grazed the head of one of Lieutenant Connor’s trackers, and incensed him to such and extent that he vowed vengeance on the barn, a
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