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04:16, 15 November 2015 == Location ==
== Beginings ==
In the 1830s and Henry K Hughes named his property 'Avenel' after a village in Gloucestershire.
The town was established on the sight of a ford over the creek on the main road to Beechworth and North Eastern Victoria. By 1859 a substantial stone bridge had been built.
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== Importance of Avenel ==
== What was Avenel like in the late 1870s ==
See ([[The Argus at KellyGang 8/10/1866|Argus8/10/66]])
== Facilities in Avenel in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' '''Hotels''' Royal Mail Hotel, (1859) '''Churches''' '''Schools''' '''James Irving''' [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of Victoria Aug 1873 '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' '''Other things of interest''' '''Lloyd Jones'''' bull shot 21/12/1875, £250 reward offered
== Links to the KellyGang ==
In May [[1864-1873 Events|1865]] Red [[John (Red) Kelly|Kelly]] was charged with unlawful possession of a hide while the family lived at Avenel . He was sentenced to 6 months. He died in Avenel and is buried in the Avenel cemetery
Supt [[Hare|Hare]] went to Avenel ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (2)|Argus17/12/78]])
There was a threat to the [[Banks|banks]] in town from the '''KellyGang''' before to the [[Euroa|Euroa]] robbery. ([[Royal Commission second Report Part IX ( page 12)|RC 2ndreoportIX]]) (RC [[Royal Commission report Appendix 8|App8]])
On the 4/121878 Sup Hare sent a memo. to Avenel to the effect that a foot constable, [[Const P Kelly|Kelly]], armed with a revolver would be sent to the town to protect the [[Banks- local branch|bank]]. A constable should be placed on duty in plain clothes, and should never lose sight of the bank during office hours. That made three men at Avenel-that is the senior constable in charge, a mounted constable, and Const Kelly.([[Royal Commission report day 6 page 1|RC1245]])
Military from the [[Army|Garrison Artillery]] were sent to Avenel to protect banks in town after the [[Euroa|Euroa]] robbery. Avenel was the most northern police station in the [[Police Organisation|Burke]] district ([[Royal Commission report day 1 page 14|RC119]])
== Members of the Avenel community ==
'''William Austin''' resident at Avenel
== What happened at Avenel after the time of the KellyGang ==
== What is happening at Avenel today ==
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