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== Catherine (Kate) Byrne ==
== Importance of Kate Byrne ==
Kate Byrne was [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]]'s eldest sister and Aaron Sherritt's girl friend at one time.
Our home was near the road, on the left bank of Reedy Creek, opposite [[Sebastopol|Sebastopol]] and at the mouth of '''London''' or '''Byrne's Gully''', a deep gully that ran up towards Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]]'s selection and [[Beechworth|Beechworth]].
'''Links to the KellyGang'''., [[#1|Early Years]], [[#4|Fitzpatrick Incident]] , Gold Mining , Stringy Bark Creek Deaths , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers., [[#jr|Jerilderie Robbery]]. ''',''' [[#l79|Later in 1879]] '''''' , [[#l80|Early in 1880]]., [[#as|Death of Aaron Sherritt]], Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , Family , '''Photograph'''
== Family ==
'''parents''' Patrick and [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Margaret]] '''uncle''' John Byrne. '''aunt''' ... '''brothers and''' '''sisters''' [[Joe Byrne|Joe]] 56, John 58, Catherine (Kate) 59, Patrick([[Patrick Byrne|Paddy]]) 62, Mary 63, Denny 66, Margaret 69, Ellen 71 Photograph
== Links to the KellyGang ==
'''Early years''' I was born in [[1854-1863 Events|1859]] and after I left school at about 14 I got a job working with '''James and Margaret Feely''' at the '''Black Springs Hotel''' near Beechworth. I came home on weekends and when I could.([[Ian Jonesat KellyGang|IJones]] The Friendship )
I had known Aaron a one of Joe's school friends and our mothers were good friends. As I grew up I became very fond of Aaron and we were often seen together
'''Fitzpatrick Incident 15/04/1878''' My brother [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] had been riding with the with Ned [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] for some time prior to this event and I later found out that he had been at Mrs [[Kelly Home|Kelly's]] place on the afternoon when the constable came to arrest Dan [[Dan Kelly|Kelly]]. I suppose that is the reason that he went off into the hills with Ned.
During all this time I used to meet Aaron Sherritt from time to time. He would occasionally come to the see me at the Black Springs, but mostly he would wait until I was home on my breaks. In the mean time I heard about the notorious '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' and the mysterious others who rode with [[Ned Kelly|Ned]] and Dan Kelly. Things got really interesting when the boys were accused of the Mansfield Murders and made their way home on occasions. Mum got some money from Joe after the Euroa robbery but we were never rich. She spent the money on the other children.
Before the '''KellyGang''' was really formed [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]] gave me a bay filly. Soon after this in December 1877 my brother [[Patrick Byrne|Paddy]] swapped my horse with a Chinaman for another horse called Charlie.
'''Jerilderie Robbery 10/2/1879''' After the [[Jerilderie|Jerilderie]] robbery in February 1879 Sup [[Hare|Hare]] and [[Ward|Ward]] were seen creeped around my mother's home. Soon after that the good Sup organised a search party to watch my mother's home. When mum discovered this party she also linked [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] with the police and confronted him with it when he came down to visit me one night. He denied any involvement with the police. He even gave me a penny whistle as a present but that did not impress mum. She stopped me from seeing Aaron. He had been thinking of asking to marry me ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 9|RC13174]]) see also ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 23|RC13444]])
In an attempt to get back at mum Aaron decided to take my horse back. He took my horse Charlie and this led to a real split between our families. [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|My mother]] went and up to see Mr and [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Mrs Sherritt]] and told them about Aaron and his spying for the police and everything. She then went over to see Aaron and accused him of keeping police horses. (See also [[Royal Commission report day 42 page 1|RC14528]])
This was about the end of my engagement to Aaron Sherritt ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 8 page 8|FH]])
My mother had Aaron Sherritt brought before the court over Charlie ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (9)|OMA29/7/79]])
'''Later in 1879''' Jack [[Hedi|Barry]], of Hedi told James [[James Wallace|Wallace]]. Barry said that if he was [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]], he would ride into Beechworth and shoot [[Ward|Ward]] at the first opportunity. Apparently Ward had seduced me. Wallace asked Barry how he knew. He said he knew all about it, that the information had come through my brother Joe himself, and that he got to know it indirectly."
This is the sort of protection we recieved from the Authorities. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 7|RC14669]])
'''Early in 1880''' Soon before Aaron's murder I told Mrs [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]] that the '''KellyGang''' they were going to do something that would astonish not only Australia, but the whole world. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 10|RC13182]]) '''Death of Aaron Sherritt 26/6/1880''' Mrs [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]], [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]]'s mother told the Royal Commission that my brother [[Joe Byrne|Joe]] decided to shoot Aaron after my mother discovered that he was assisting the police. She may have been right but there was a lot more to it ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 9|RC13162]]) '''What happened to Kate Byrne''' Catherine Byrne, aged 35, sister of John Byrne, one of the Kelly gang shot at Glenrowan, was sentenced by the Carlton Bench yesterday to six months' impnsonment for vagrancy on 26/10/1891 ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/10/1891|Argus27/10/91]])
Soon after this I was confined to the the Kenmore asylum in [[Goulburn NSW|Goulburn]] I died many years later. Did any members of my family get up to that city where my parents were married and see me? they lived near Albury
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