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== Richard (Dick) Hart ==
== Dick Hart was Steve Hart's brother and a sympathizer ==
'''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''' , Early Years , [[#teen|Teenage years]] , [[#1st|First run in with the law]] , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining., Deaths at Stringy Bark Creek , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers , Jerilderie Robbery ''',''' Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , [[#glf|Glenrowan Siege]] , [[#i|The Inquest]] , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission., Family ,
== Family ==
'''parents''' [[Richard Hart (2)|Richard and Bridget]] '''brothers and sisters''' Julia, [[Steve Hart|Steve]] (59), Nicholas,Tom, Jane, Esther (Ettie), Hugh, Winifred, Rachel, Agnes, Ellen and Harriet '''wife''' Sarah Bowdern '''children''' [[#r1|see below]]
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Photograph '''Teenage years''' We lived on the Three Mile Creek between [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] and the [[Warby Ranges|Warby Ranges]]. '''First run ins with the law''' In July [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] my brother [[Steve Hart|Steve]] and I and a friend [[John O'Brien|John O'Brien]] from Greta were arrested by Sgt [[Steele|Steele]] for illegal use and stealing horses. I was sent to gaol over this
Sup Sadleir called me 'an unconscionable young scoundrel' ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 14|RC2979]])
'''Euroa Robbery 10/12/1878''' Was I there helping the boys at Faithful's Creek?
I was seen in Benalla with one of the Quinn's ([[The Argus at KellyGang 16/12/1878 (6)|Argus16/12/78]])
'''Jerilderie Robbery 10/2/1879''' Did they need a hand to keep the locals under control? '''Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880''' Sup Sadleir said that he handed over the bodies because he feared more violence from us. What could we do that would be more violent than the police and their actions? ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 11|RC2899]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (80)|JJK]])
When the charred bodies of my brother [[Steve Hart|Steve]] and [[Dan Kelly|Dan Kelly]] were taken out of the fire, I requested that the remains should be handed over to me. The request was agreeded to by Sup Sadleir, and just at dark my family, and the Quinns and the Lloyds carried the bodies to the residence of Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillian]], at Eleven Mile Creek. ([[The Argus (6)|Argus29/6/1880]])
The Newspapers said that we had been purchasing a considerable quantity of liquor, and many of us have been drinking to excess since the fight. The authorities seem to want to stir us up with an inquest into the boys. Can you believe it. they want to have an inquiry into my brother's death to find out how he died. They roasted him and I would be more than happy to roast them. (Age [[The Age (14)|1/7/80]])
'''After the Siege''' '''Inquest'''
The authorities wanted to conduct an inquest into the death of my brother Steve and Dan Kelly.
I told anyone who would listen to just go and get __. We have the bodies now and we intend to stick to them.
On 30/7/80 it was suddenly determined by the authorities that no inquest was necessary. This morning a strong party of police were ordered to go to Greta and take possession of the bodies until the inquest had been held. When they arrived at Glenrowan, however, they received intelligence that it was unnecessary to go to Greta as the intention to hold an inquest had been abandoned, and the necessary warrant to bury the remains had been issued. Had an inquiry been held it would have been purely of a formal nature, but the police were certainly foolish to hand the bodies over to the relatives and friends in the first instances.
Probably the intention to hold the inquest was abandoned because of the desire to avoid provoking a conflict, but it is the general opinion that the police should have taken the bodies from the friends. Their threats had forfeited all their claims to condemnation, if they ever had any, and they should have been treated in a manner which would have shown them that the police had no fear of them. As it is they possibly imagine that the police are frightened of them. I hear that it was in consequence of instructions received from the Crown Law officers that it was determined not to hold the inquest this morning.
Mr [[Wangaratta|Bickerton]] JP, with Mr [[Wangaratta|Ell]] to act as clerk, was in readiness to start at nine am., as appointed, when it turned but that police had not provided a conveyance, and that they could not procure one in the town. After some delay Superintendent [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] telegraphed to get a magisterial certificate authorising the burial of the bodies. This was obtained from Mr [[Wangaratta|Tone]] JP and sent out to Greta, and the funeral proceeded. ([[The Age (14)|Age]] 1/7/80)
I attended the start of Ned Kelly's committal with [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Tom Loyd]] ([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/8/1880 (2)|Argus6/8/80]]) ([[Herald at KellyGang - 8/8/1880|Herald8/8/80]]) ([[The Age (31)|Age9/8/1880]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1880 (5)|Argus10/8/80]]) ([[Sydney Morning Herald (45)|SMH10/8/80]]) ([[Herald (37)|Herald11/8/1880]])
'''Later'''
Const [[Const Armstrong|Armstrong]] did not think that I would go bush. [[Royal Commission report day 32 page 7|(RC12188]])
I was arrested for highway robbery ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/1/1881|Argus17/1/81]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 19/1/1881|Argus19/1/81]])
== What happened to Richard Hart's family ==
{| class="famtreetable"
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| Richard
Hart
(b1857-d1934)
m1887
Sarah
Bowdern
(b-d?)
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| _______________
| _______________
| ______I________
| _____________
| _____________
| ______________
|-
| Richard N
Hart
(b1889)
m ?
Kathleen
McLeish
(b1893)
| William T
Hart
(b1890)
m ?
Eileen ?
(b?-d?)
| Denis Leo
Hart
(b1891)
m1935
Millicent Irene
Wittman
(b1899)
| Eric
Bartholowmew
Hart
(b-d?)
m
Elsie ?
| Lesley Francis
Hart
(b894-d1944)
| Alphonsus John
Hart
(b1895-d1971)
|-
|}
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