([[The Argus at KellyGang 30/10/1878 (5)|Argus30/10/78]]) In [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] while [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was 'working' with his uncles and having problems with [[Whitty|Whitty]], police including Assistant Commissioner [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] started visiting Mrs Kelly's looking for Ned. This is his description of [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs Kelly]]'s home:
<blockquote>'I visited the notorious Mrs Kelly's on the road from hence to Benalla. She lived on a piece of cleared and partly cultivated land on the roadside, in an old wooden hut, with a large bark roof. The dwelling was divided into five apartments by partitions of blanketing, rags, &c. There were no men in the house, only children and two girls of about fourteen years of age, said to be her daughters. They all appeared to be existing in poverty and squalor.' ([[Royal Commission report day 4 page 8|RC1024]]) ([[The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 2|CHC]])
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