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'''Events''' '''Please note many of the times on this table are best estimates and still being reviewed'''

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! Date

! Person

! Place

! Event

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| '''26/6/80'''

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| '''Saturday'''

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=== Aaron Sherrit's last day ===

''''''

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| Outlawry Act expired

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| Parliament dissolved

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| am

| AaronSherritt

| Chiltern

| Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] went to the [[Chiltern|Chiltern]] looking for Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Barry|Barry]]'s cattle

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|  

| Const Faulkiner talked to Chinaman about links to '''KellyGang'''.

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| Bracken

| Greta

| Const Braken+ search party withdrawn from Maggie's home near Greta

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| pm

| AaronSherritt

| DevilsElbow

| Aaron Sherritt told Const Armstrong Danny Byrne had seen the Const in house

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| 6 pm

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| 6.30 pm

| Aaron Sherritt

| Devils Elbow

| Aaron Sherritt shot by Joe Byrne at his home. Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] got Anton [[Anton Weekes|Wicks]] to get Aaron to come out side.

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| Aaron was shot in the left breast, 2nd shot brought him down, both were close together

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| Belle [[Ellen Sherritt|Sherritt]], Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Barry|Barry]], Consts [[Const Armstrong|Armstrong]], [[Const R Alexander|Alexander]],

[[Const W Duross|Duross]] and [[Const T Dowling|Dowling]] were inside.

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| 7 pm

|

| Devils Elbow

| Joe Byrne tried to get Mrs Sherritt to get the police to come outside and after some time the police were concerned to keep her and her mother inside the house so they got them to stay under the bed. Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly or their friends tried to burn the house down. Joe and Dan left . Likely that Paddy Byrne or others stayed to keep police inside

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| 8 pm

| Weekes

| Sebastopol

| [[Anton Weekes|Weekes]] arrived home?

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| 9 pm

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| 9.30 pm

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| Glenrowan

| Last train from Benalla to Wangaratta left Glenrowan

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| 10

| Ned Kelly

| Glenrowan

| Ned Kelly, Steve Hart and friends arrived at Glenrowan from Greta and set up their base at [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDonnell's.]] Jack [[Jack Lloyd Jnr|Lloyd]] drove the buggy with the armour. It is likely that Tom [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Lloyd]], [[John Delaney|John]] and [[Daniel Delaney|Daniel]] Delaney, the [[McAuliffe|McAuliffes]], [[John Tanner|John]] and [[William Tanner|William]] Tanner, Ryans ([[Joe Ryan|Joe]], and [[Jack Ryan (2)|Jack]]) and Wild [[Wild Wright|Wright]],

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| 11 pm

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| The first task was to break the railway line just north of Glenrowan. Ned and Dan Kelly went up the line and tried to break the line using the tools they had brought with them. Could not break the line. They went back to Glenrowan to get extra tools from the fettlers who were in the tents just behind the railway platform, between there and [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jone's Glenrowan Inn]]. Mrs Jones and her

daughter had been awoken and taken along. The fetlers did not have any tools.

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| 12

| [[Aaron Sherritt|AaronSherritt]]

| Devils Elbow

| Aaron Sherritt's body dragged inside

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| '''27/6/80'''

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=== ===

'''Sunday'''

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== KellyGang gets Glenrowan organised ==

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| 1 am

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| Glenrowan

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| 2 am

| [[Reardon|Reardon]]

| Glenrowan

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| Ned Kelly came for the Reardon family to get the tools to break the line

Steve Hart took fettlers and Jane Jones down to break track; took 2 hours.

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| 2.20 am

| Reardon

|  

| Reardons left home with Ned Kelly

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| 3 am

| [[Stanistreet (2)|Stanistreet]]

|  

| Stanistreet was awoken by [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] who was still looking for tools to break the railway track on the Wangaratta side of Glenrowan

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| Joe Byrne

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| After Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly arrived from murder of Aaron Sherritt, Ned Kelly went down to hurry up the work on the railway line

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| 4 am

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| 5 am

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| 6 am

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| Steve Hart looked after people at Stanistreet's. Ned and rest of '''KellyGang''' went up to Mrs [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones]]' for breakfast

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| 7 am

| Armstrong

| Devils Elbow

| Armstrong tried to a Chinaman to take a message to Beechworth, refused

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| 9 am

| Faulkiner

|  

| Const [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]] saw [[Buckland River|Pong Luke and Chat Ving]]

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|

| Hare

| Benalla

| Hare did a telegraph check of all police stations, no problems

|-

| 11 am

| [[Thomas Curnow|Curnow]]

| Glenrowan

| Curnow & family left home for a drive, captured by '''KellyGang'''.

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| 12

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| Glenrowan

| Circus passed through Glenrowan

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| 1 pm

| Sherritt

| Beechworth

| First message of Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]]'s death sent from the Beechworth Gaol

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| Glenrowan

| Ned Kelly playing hopstep & jump in yard, people playing games

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| Foster

| Beechworth

| Mr [[Foster|Foster]] and Cheshire get news of death of Sherritt

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| 2 pm

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| 2.30 pm

| Hare

| Benalla

| [[Hare|Hare]] informed Standish of Sherritt's murder

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| 3 pm

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| [[Benalla|Benalla]]

| Train was got ready to go to Beechworth with [[Hare|Hare]], Const [[SConst John Kelly|Kelly]], [[Const Daniel Barry|Barry]], [[Const William Canny|Canny]], [[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]], [[Kirkham|Kirkham]], [[Const Arthur|Arthur]], and [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]]

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| Sadleir

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| Sup Sadeir was with Sup Hare in Benalla

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| Sherritt

| Beechworth

| Sgt [[SConst P Mullane|Mullane]] + 5 police leave Beechworth for Sherritt's home

|-

| 4.30 pm

| [[Standish|Standish]]

| Melbourne

| Standish got the news, tried to [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] to return to Beechworth

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| Glenrowan

| Reardon family moved into Glenrowan Inn by '''KellyGang'''

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| '''KellyGang''' released some 21 prisoners on Sunday

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| 5 pm

| [[Chief Secretary|Ramsay]]

| Melbourne

| Ramsay approved [[Railways|special train]] to take O'Connor & trackers up

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| 6 pm

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| 7 pm

| O'Connor

| Flemington

| At Flemington O'Connor got telegram from Standish asked trackers back

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| 8 am

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| 9.57 pm

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| Melbourne

| Police special [[Railways|train]] left Melbourne

|-

| 10 pm

| Hare

| Benalla

| Hare had 2 hours sleep after sending telegrams

|-

| 10.15pm

| O'Connor

| Essendon

| O'Connor and trackers caught train to go to Beechworth

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| 10.30pm

| Curnow

| Glenrowan

| [[Thomas Curnow|Curnow]] + family left Inn with Ned Kelly to return home

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| 11.30pm

| Bracken

|  

| Const [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] captured, taken to the Inn

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| 12

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| '''28/6/80'''

| '''Monday'''

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| ''''''

=== THE DAY OF THE GLENROWAN SIEGE ===

''''''

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| 1 am

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| 1.30 am

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| Benalla

| Special train arrived in Benalla ([[The Argus (36)|2.30am]])

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| Ned Kelly

| Glenrowan

| Ned Kelly allows women and children to leave Inn

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| Mrs Jones asks Ned Kelly to give a lecture

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| 2.05 am

| Hare

| Benalla

| [[Railways|Train]] left Benalla for Beechworth via Glenrowan

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| 2.20 am

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| 2.35 am

| '''KellyGang'''

| Glenrowan

| '''KellyGang''' hear train arriving and start to put [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] on

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| 2.40/50am

| [[Thomas Curnow|Curnow]]

|  

| Curnow used red scarf and candle to flag the train down, told Hare '''KellyGang''' at the [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones Inn]] ([[The Argus (13)|Age29/6/1880]])

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| Hare

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| Train arrived at the platform with [[Hare|Hare]], [[O'Connor|O'Connor]], SConst [[SConst John Kelly|Kelly]], Consts [[Const Arthur|Arthur]], [[Const Daniel Barry|Barry]], [[Const William Canny|Canny]], [[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]], [[Kirkham|Kirkham]], and [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]], Trackes [[Barney|Barney]], [[Jacky|Jackey]], [[Jimmy|Jimmy]], [[Johnny|Johnny]], and [[Hero|Hero]], Train crew Archie McFie, Morgan , Press [[Allen|Allen]], [[Carrington|Carrington]], [[McWhirter|McWhirter]], and [[Melvin|Melvin]] , Mrs [[O'Connor|O'Connor]], Miss [[O'Connor|Webb]] and Charles [[Rawlins|Rawlins]].

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| Hare

| Stainistreet's

| Hare & Rawlins went to station master's house to find out what was going on

Hare and saw Mrs Stainstreet. Police unload horses

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| 2.50 am

| Bracken

| Platform

| Hare came back to platform, saw [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], ' '''KellyGang''' at Jones' Inn'

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| 3 am

| NedKelly

Hare

| Inn

| The '''KellyGang''' were on the verandah of the Inn. [[Hare|Hare]] and police started off on foot for the Inn. Hare was also shot in the opening volley. Ned Kelly was shot in the left arm and right foot. The people in the Inn went for the floor. Mrs Jones' son, Jack, was shot near the hip. Another bullet grazed her forehead. ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 1/7/1880|Kilmore1/7/80]])

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| 3.10 am

| Hare

| Platform

| Hare sitting on a log after being shot

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| JackLloyd

| McDonnell's

| Jack Lloyd fired 2 signal rockets

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| NedKelly

| down the line

| Ned Kelly got to his horse and rode down to where the rail line was broken

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| [[SConst John Kelly|ConstKelly]]

| Inn

| Const Kelly steadied the police to maintain a cordon around the Inn

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| [[O'Connor|O'Connor]]

| drain

| O'Connor and his native [[Police Trackers|trackers]] made it into a drain in front of the Inn

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| women

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| Women & children tried to leave the Inn, driven back by police fire

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| McHugh

| Inn

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| 3.20 am

| police

| Inn

| Police keep on firing at the Inn with 3 other '''KellyGang''' members & people

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| Hare

| platform

| Hare made his way back to Platform to have wound bound

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| Const Kelly

| Inn

| Police running short of ammunition, seeing his men around Inn,

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| 3.30 am

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| 3.40 am

| '''KellyGang'''

| Inn

| Joe Byrne and others in Inn kept up occasional shot

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| police

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| Police kept firing

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| 3.50 am

| Hare

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| [[Hare|Hare]] left Glenrowan on a train for Benalla

|-

| 4 am

| Sadlier

| Benalla

| Sadlier sending telegrams

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| 4.10 am

| Bracken

| Wangaratta

| Const Braken arrived at Wangaratta to see Sgt Steele

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| 4.20 am

| Const Kelly

|  

| Const Kelly finds Ned Kelly's rifle. Fear '''KellyGang''' had escaped

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| 4.30 am

| Hare

| Benalla

| Hare arrived at Benalla ([[Sadleir|Sadlier]] said he returned at 4 about am)

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| 4.40 am

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| Hare dictating telegrams

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| 4.50 am

| Steele

| Wangaratta

| Sgt Steele left Wangaratta to ride horse to Glenrowan

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| Jack Jones

| Glenrowan

| [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jack Jones]] was shot while sheltering on the floor in the Inn

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| 5 am

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| Neil McHugh brought injured Jack Jones out of the Inn

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| 5.10 am

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| Sgt Steele arrived ([[Royal Commission report day 23 page 12|RC9001]])

|-

| 5.20 am

| Sadlier

| Benalla

| Sadlier and police leave Benalla for Glenrowan

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| [[Laing|Laing]]

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| The train from [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] started for Glenrowan

|-

| 5.30 am

| [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]]

| Inn

| Joe Byrne shoot in groin in Inn

|-

| 5.40 am

| [[Standish|Standish]]

| Melbourne

| Standish gets news of Glenrowan

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| '''Train from Wangaratta arrived at place where track broken?'''

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| 5.50 am

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| 6 am

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| 6.10 am

| Sgt Steele

| Glenrowan

| Steele arrived at Glenrowan?

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| 6.20 am

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| Wangaratta police arrived at Glenrowan

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| 6.30 am

| Sadlier

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| Sadlier & party from Benalla arrived at Glenrowan

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| 6.40 am

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| 6.50 am

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| Inn

| Reardon's son shot by police while trying to leave Inn

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| 7 am

| NedKelly

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| Ned Kelly seen while he was trying to return to Inn to join '''KellyGang'''

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| 7.10 am

| NedKelly

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| Ned Kelly captured by Steele, Reardon +

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| 7.20 am

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| 7.30 am

| NedKelly

| platform

| Ned Kelly taken to platform by police

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| 7.45 am

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| 8 am

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| Inn

| Handkerchief as flag of safe passage seen from civilians in Inn

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| 8.15 am

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| 8.30 am

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| 8.45 am

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| 9 am

| Standish

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| [[Standish|Standish]] left Melbourne for Glenrowan, by train

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| 9.15 am

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| 9.30 am

| Sadleir

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| Sadleir ordered a cannon to shoot at Inn

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| 9.45 am

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| 10 am

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| Inn

| Police agree to let civilians out of the Inn. The [[McAuliffe|McAuliffes]] were arrested as sympathizers

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| Joe Byrne

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| Police hear of Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s death; only Dan Kelly and Steve Hart left on Inn

|-

| 10.15 am

| [[Standish|Standish]]

| Melbourne

| Standish leaves Melbourne on a [[Railways|special train]]

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| 10.30 am

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| 10.45 am

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| 11 am

| [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jack Jones]]

| [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]

| Jack Jones arrived at Wangaratta Hospital

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| 11.30 am

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| 12 noon

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| Beechworth police arrive at Glenrowan

Const [[Johnston|Johntson]] arrived at Glenrowan

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| 12.30 pm

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| Rev [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]] arrived at Glenrowan

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| 1 pm

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| 1.30 pm

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| 2 pm

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| 2.30 pm

| [[Standish|Standish]]

| Benalla

| Standish's [[Railways|train]] arrives at Benalla, sees [[Hare|Hare]]

|-

| 3 pm

| Sadleir

| Inn

| Sadleir agrees to plan to set fire to Inn

|-

| 3.30 pm

| [[Johnston|Johnston]]

| Inn

| Inn set on fire by SConst Johnston ([[The Argus (39)|2.45]])

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| [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]]

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| Father Gibney saw '''KellyGang''' all dead inside burning Inn

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| Joe Byrne

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| Joe Byrne's body removed before it was burnt

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| 3.45 pm

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| 4 pm

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| roof fell in 1/2 hour after fire started ([[The Argus (36)|Argus5/7/80]])

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| 4.15 pm

| Standish

| Benalla

| Standish's [[Railways|train]] leaves Benalla for Glenrowan

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| 4.30 pm

| Dan Kelly

| Inn

| Bodies of Dan and Steve removed from the burnt Inn

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| Steve Hart

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| 4.45 pm

| Sadlier

| Glenrowan

| Sadlier agrees to hand Dan & Steve's bodies over to the families

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| Standish

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| Standish arrived at Glenrowan

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| 5 pm

| A Sherritt

| Beechworth

| Aaron Sherritt was buried at Beechworth

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| 5.30 pm

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| 6 pm

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| Kelly Home

| Bodies of Dan and Steve at Kelly home

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| 7 pm

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| The wake starts after the funeral

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| night

| [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jack Jones]]

| [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]

| Jack Jones died in Wangaratta Hospital from wounds at start of siege

([[The Age|Age]]) ([[The Argus|Argus]]) ([[Herald|Herald]]) ([[Melbourne Daily Telegraph|MDTel]]) ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (13)|OMA]])

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| '''29/6/80'''

| '''Tuesday'''

== ==

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| ([[The Age (2)|Age]]) ([[The Argus (4)|Argus]]) ([[Herald (5)|Herald]]) ([[The Melbourne Daily Telegragh|MDTel]]) ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (14)|OMA]])

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| [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]]

| All police at Glenrowan paraded before [[Standish|Standish]], ([[Police Trackers|trackers]] not included)

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| am

| [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]]

| [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]]

| Joe Byrne photographed against cell door

|-

| pm

| [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]]

| Melbourne

| Ned Kelly taken down to Melbourne [[Railways|train]].

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| Joe Byrne

| [[Benalla|Benalla]]

| Inquest into Joe Byrne's death

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| O'Connor

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| O'Connor and trackers returned to Melbourne

|-

| 4 pm

| Joe Byrne

| Benalla

| Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] buried at Benalla cemetery by the police.

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| '''30/6/80'''

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| ([[The Age (13)|Age]]) ([[The Argus (14)|Argus]]) ([[Herald (10)|Herald]]) ([[The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (8)|MDTel]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser|OMA]]) ([[Sydney Morning Herald (31)|SMH]])

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| Nicolson

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| Call for a [[Royal Commission|Royal Commission]] by Ass Com Nicolson

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| Sherritt

| Beechworth

| Inquest into Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt's]] death continued

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| [[Thomas Curnow|Curnow]]

| Benalla

| [[Standish|Standish]] interviewed Curnow.

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| '''.[[1880-07---aftermath|Next]].'''

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'''[[1824-1853 Events|1833 - 1853]]'''

[[Category:Events]] [[Category:June 1880]] [[Category:Glenrowan siege]] [[Category:Aaron Sherriitt]] [[Category:Joe Byrne]] [[Category:Steve Hart]] [[Category:Dan Kelly]] [[Category:Hare]] [[Category:O'Connor]] [[Category:Steele]] [[Category:Rawlins]] [[Category:Tom Lloyd]] [[Category:Mrs Jones]] [[Category:Mrs Sherritt]] [[Category:Mrs Barry]] [[Category:Curnow]] [[Category:Devils Elbow]] [[Category:Beechworth]] [[Category:Benalla]] [[Category:trains]] [[Category:inn]] [[Category:hotel]] [[Category:death]] [[Category:end of the Kelly Gang]]

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