Sgt [[Steele|Steele]] told the Royal Commission that Greta lost more horses than most other places, 'there were more horses stolen from there than any other part of the district. They would take large mobs, sometimes fourteen or fifteen plough horses from farmers. I think from Mr. [[Whitty|Whitty]] there was that number taken one night; and Ned Kelly, when he got over in the neighborhood of Bungowanna, New South Wales, was not known there, and they imagined it was some person travelling with horses for sale or for the market' ([[Royal Commission report 31/5/1881|RC8855]])
The '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' made the [[Murray Flats|Murray Flats]] on the evening of Tuesday 29/10/[[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|1878]] and morning of Wednesday. They were on there way to [[Howlong (2)|Howlong]] in New South Wales after the Stringy Bark Creek Murders. They tried to cross the [[Murray River at Kellygang|River Murray]] but it was in flood. The punt at Bungowannah was under water and it could not go any where.([[Royal Commission report 7/4/1881|RC1865]])([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878 (2)|Argus31/10/1878]]) ([[The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 6 page 2|CHC]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang2/11/1878|Argus2/11/1878]])
The [[William Baumgarten|Baumgartens]] and [[Gustav Baumgarten|Neil Christian]] lived at Bungowannah
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